Halle's Smooooth Words o' Wisdom » Wy’East 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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below crater rock

Superbowl Sunday Crater Rock turns

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Primo picking today.

]]> http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/10/21/primo-picking/feed/ 0 One of My Favorite Things: Skiing to Ramona Falls http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/05/26/one-of-my-favorite-things-skiing-to-ramona-falls/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/05/26/one-of-my-favorite-things-skiing-to-ramona-falls/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 22:23:43 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/?p=441 The tour to Ramona falls is one of my favorite things. Yesterday Steven, Ralph and I skied the route with a snowcat assist part way up the Palmer. It was a great day spent with friends on the mountain. We encountered a handfull of giants along the way.

Ralph

Steve

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]]> http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/05/26/one-of-my-favorite-things-skiing-to-ramona-falls/feed/ 0 Smokey says, “shred the gnar.” http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/04/27/smokey-says-shred-the-gnar/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/04/27/smokey-says-shred-the-gnar/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:25:42 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/04/27/smokey-says-shred-the-gnar/ Spent a nice day with the family at Timberline yesterday and couldn’t resist this picture of my daughter and Smokey the Bear.

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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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1 mile to hwy 26

hitching Timberline Rd.

slab avalanche

Ralph and Pat Illumination

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