Last Day: Stevens Pass
Sunday was the last day at Stevens Pass for the season. Le sigh. After a late start, Afton, who has come to think of himself as quite the mountain dog, Mitch, and I drove up to find bluebird skies, packed parking lots, and warm weather at Stevens.
Pillow Fight: Recap
Molly from Evo filmed the Pillow Fight weekend at Stevens Pass this past February and the video weekend recap is up. Take a look and, ladies, be sure to come next year!
April Pow Day 1
The past week or two, Stevens Pass has been getting hit hard with snow…finally! I was able to get up two times and play in some deeper stuff. I think I can say I met my season goal of getting better at riding in pow, but I’ve still got a lot more to learn. Saturday [...]
Snowboarding with the ladies
This season I’ve ridden with more girls than all of my previous years riding combined. Mostly, I would ride with a bunch of guys–the same way most every other girl does–but this year from Ladies Shred Day, Pillow Fight, and then this past weekend, I’ve ridden with lots of rad chickas. All of the ladies [...]
Day 20: Shred and Big Air Fiesta
Last Saturday I was up at Stevens and met up with some of the guys from the motor-home lot. It was sunny, spring conditions and lots of fun cruising around with the guys. I think we were setting speed records down the mountain. Off groomers was soft and poofy on top with sheets of ice [...]
Pillow Fight: Day 3
Sunday morning came early and I was sore from Saturday’s pow session. But, I was too excited to lay around in bed, so I stiffly threw on my gear, brushed my teeth and headed to the Kingfisher Lodge at the Sleeping Lady to have breakfast with all of the other awesome Pillow Fight ladies. It [...]
Pillow Fight: Day 2
If you haven’t been to Pillow Fight at Stevens Pass…GO! Today was so, so awesome. There were about 50 women and we split up into different groups–beginner, intermediate, intermediate-advanced, park-beginner, and park-advanced. The groups were small and each had an instructor, and everyone I talked to said their instructors were great. Here is our rad [...]
Pillow Fight: Day 1
This is my first time to Leavenworth. I drove from Seattle taking I-90 to Hwy 970 to Hwy 97. I’d never taken the route before and it was so beautiful. Especially Hwy 97. The rain changed to snow as I started to climb into the mountains and I watched the temperature drop from 42 to [...]
Pillow Fight at Stevens Pass
This weekend is the third annual Pillow Fight at Stevens Pass! It’s my first time heading out for the event and I am super excited. It promises to be an awesome time. From what I hear there are still a few spots open so if you are around the PNW there is still a chance [...]
Day 10: Off the Groomers at Stevens Pass
With reports of 8″ of snow on Monday from Stevens Pass, I headed out with my friends William, Teresa, and Lola to get some runs in. Lola is one, but she loves playing in the snow so Teresa and Lola stayed at the lodge while William and I headed out to see what we could [...]
Day 6: Sundays = Long Lift Lines
Sunday was my first day out at Steven’s Pass since mid-December, it had been way too long and I had to head out. Everyone else did too… The bad news was that I was completely unable to convince any friends to come out riding with me because of the forecast, the good news was that [...]
Day 3: Linking Switch Turns
Geared Up The last two times out with the Burton Emeralds I had had some major heel lift/foot cramps/numb toes. Why did I even bother getting new boots if they hurt? But instead of going back to my old boots, I went to the shop and they let me swap out the Burtons for Salomon [...]
Day 2: Stevens Pass Pow Pow
Lesson Plan: Powder! What I Learned: Snowboarding with chikas is super fun. Snowboarding in powder is even better. The big mounds of snow don’t hurt, you can ride right through them. At the end of a powder day, you’ll be covered in snow. Melissa and I drove out to Stevens for what was to be [...]
