Halle's Smooooth Words o' Wisdom » powder http://mhalle.com/blog Whereby M. G. Halle Lays it All Out...Silky Style Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Why I always ski Superbowl Sunday http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/02/08/why-i-always-ski-superbowl-sunday/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2010/02/08/why-i-always-ski-superbowl-sunday/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:37 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/?p=528 For one day this season we were ok with El Niño. Superbowl Sunday. Chris and I had a surprisingly good day skiing der Hood. We ditched the car in Govy, stuck out our thumbs and the first car up Timberline Rd. obliged. The clouds lifted and the snow up high was as good as Hood snow gets.

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Superbowl Sunday Crater Rock turns

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The end of winter means anything but ski doldrums in the Pacific Northwest. It means the start of something altogether new: volcano corn season.  

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