Save on gear and lift tickets! If you’re willing to drive 
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When: September 1-3, 2012
Where: Crystal Mountain Resort Base Area
50-60% off 2011/12 demo equipment
10-15% off new 2012/13 equipment
50- 60% off select winter outerwear
Save $55 on 5 days of skiing/riding this season. Purchase a 5-day GO Card at the ticket window or Guest Services at the lowest price this weekend only.
Crystal fans, curious what the names to all the different runs on Southback’s the King’s North Face are?
Here’s a secret decoder ring:
Supposedly you can buy a whole little booklet of photos like this for $5 at the patroller’s office under the gondola.
How sweet would 5.7 acres with 540′ of frontage on the Greenwater river be? 59510 Stubbs Rd E could be yours for $225k.
Partially cleared with a perimeter of tall timber for privacy. Septic & water well installed, power available. Preliminary wetland delineation done in 2006.
If you’ve driven up to Crystal recently or checked the Crystal snow report you probably saw the above.
To support getting cell service on SR410 you can fill out this survey.
To read all about why the big push for cell service the News Tribune has the full story, Pair push for cellphone service on SR 410 to Crystal Mountain.
The PSBJ has an article with 25 photo slideshow peeking inside Crystal Mountain’s John and Kim Kircher Medina home.
John Kircher is President, GM and co-owner of Crystal as well as owner of Boyne Resorts, the third largest owner and operator of ski and golf resorts in the United States. Kim Kircher is a ski patroller and author of The Next 15 Minutes.
Looks pretty sweet!
Tentative closing dates for the resorts are starting to be talked about 
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Crystal Mountain: April 15 (spring season starts April 20, open Fridays to Sundays)
Alpental: May 6;
Summit East: March 25 (may be extended)
Summit Central: likely end of April
Mission Ridge: April 11
Stevens Pass: TBD
Mount Baker: TBD
After recently demoing a big air bag it seems as though Crystal has purchased one with an ETA of spring season.
A little Googling indicates these bags run about $40k. You can buy or rent your own here, Big Air Bag.
What: Red Bull Schlittentag
When: April 7
Where: Crystal Mountain
Break out your sled building skills. The Red Bull Schlittentag is back!
Here’s a vid from last year:
Jealous of all the log cabins we’ve been posting about recently? Like this one, or this one.
Here’s your chance to buy nearly an acre at 17408 Crystal Dr E for $220k. Septic already installed and permitted.
Be careful out there! This video is from Crystal.
ECT Test 2/27 6200′ NW Slope Dogleg.
ECT Test 2/27 6200′ NW Slope Dogleg. from Chris Morin on Vimeo.