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Wildcat Mountain 2016-2017 season thread

eatskisleep

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When the wind blows that's where all the snow goes and it gets very little sun, so the snow preservation is fantastic.

I've read that once upon a time there was plans to put a lift, trails and a second base lodge out there. Glad it never happened. Though I wish the USFS realized what a great skiing resource that bowl is and opened up even more side country lines. Maybe someday they can form a partnership with Granite Backcountry Alliance.

Here's the information of those past expansion plans:

https://books.google.com/books?id=f...&q=wildcat mountain terrain expansion&f=false

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There's a ton of lines in there. Honestly, I hope they keep it the way it is... :)

Also, link seemed to work for me within a page or two... some good reading in there.
 

deadheadskier

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No doubt there's a lot. Some do need a bit of clean up though. The one named after a big lake to the South had a few trees down in it this year that really messed up the flow even in this big snow year.



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snoseek

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No doubt there's a lot. Some do need a bit of clean up though. The one named after a big lake to the South had a few trees down in it this year that really messed up the flow even in this big snow year.



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Those are the real deal. Wicked steep and hard to find! Good stuff!
 

ZGobeil

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Hi All, Ive been an onlooker on this board for a while, but a long time cat skiier. Been a few weeks since Ive been up to the notch is there anything still skiable on the cat looking at a hike up there instead of washington as the weather looks dicey. Thanks
 

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They're claiming the summit. That pic was pulled from Twitter. I don't remember a little deck like that on the hut up there.

This is from Instagram. Looks like it's facing the direction towards Upper Catapult / Upper Wildcat.

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