A friend just emailed Seattlest, gushing with glee that our season's passes to the Summit (Alpental, really) grant us 5 free days of skiing at Crystal Mountain. We'd already written about how the ownership of the Summit by Boyne Mountain (who also owns Crystal Mt.) might be a good thing for mountain bikers. So it sounded like it was already working out for those of us that go mostly to Alpental (due to sheer proximity, especially for occasional drinking night skiing forays) yet like to make the trek to Crystal or Baker occasionally. more ›

Weekend warriors, snow-blind idiots -- call us what you want, Seattlest finally made it up to the hills this weekend and well, there's really no graceful way to say this: we're motherfucking sore today. Thing is, we haven't had much exercise the past couple months and our holiday meals have been more than generous to the curious mass growing under our shirt. Either way, we saw the snow reports for Crystal Mt. and fat belly be damned, we were going snowboarding. more ›

Our own Madame Hooky divines whether it's worth calling in sick Friday and heading for the slopes. She'll conjure your excuse and tell you where to go. more ›

Mmm... Beeeerrrrrrr... more ›

Normally, we'd be bouncing around the office, giddy with excitement and glee given the recent snow dumps in our mountains, buffeted by predictions of up to 3 feet of snow in the Cascades over the next two days. But we've had the worst case of the flu that we can remember (in bed for five days...five days!) and it is still killing our ability to be enthusiastic. If you have nervous skier-tic and can't concentrate at work, Seattlest is right there with you in spirit. We'll commence the jumping around as soon as it doesn't make us have to lie down from exhaustion. more ›