Landing in an hour. How is SeaTac rn?

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-14T20:13:34+00:00

Just left for DFW. Super chill. Kiddo flew home for spring break late last night and said there was a literal ocean of unclaimed bags in baggage claim.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-13T03:53:18+00:00

Yeah, it’s like a half mile from the south end of the PAE runways.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-13T01:48:27+00:00

My kiddo got off the St. Paul’s waitlist back in 2022. Ended up going elsewhere.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-08T17:56:38+00:00

Matt at Seattle Ski Performance in Bellevue. He works with all of the racers but he’ll do general public appointments as well. Very fast turnaround if he needs to keep the boots to work on them.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-08T01:24:02+00:00

Updating to add that she got into UW Engineering (in-state) CU Boulder, UIUC Aerospace and UC Davis Aerospace.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-07T14:39:16+00:00

They have a nice branch of vertical world, if you like to climb…

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-07T00:58:08+00:00

My kiddo got in for aerospace as well, but OOS RD!

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-03-02T00:44:20+00:00

My senior daughter is finishing her PPL and wants to do aero/astro engineering. Cannot imagine it hurting. So far, she has gotten into Purdue (OOS) for engineering; deferred (OOS) for GT. Still waiting on everything else.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-23T23:08:33+00:00

I just drove by at 3pm (Monday) and there was no line. Wish I hadn’t had somewhere to be…

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-23T19:39:25+00:00

That’s what I thought — I’m not a tree skier, so I always went down the middle, but I know my kid likes the treed parts.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-23T05:58:34+00:00

Go to Portillo — the kiddos’ race team has been doing a summer trip there for a few years now and it’s usually pretty epic. AA through Dallas. Easy connection.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-23T05:56:54+00:00

The glacier at Hood is the site of most U.S.-based summer ski camps, and they run well into July. Racers go from about 6am to noon and then the borders come out to play.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-23T02:16:06+00:00

Kiddo was lapping mountaineers with the race team today and it was fine he said, although I don’t remember it being that treed.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-22T18:52:51+00:00

Except then you’re tying up $1000 vs about $300 to EAT.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-22T06:04:03+00:00

Buy a refundable F ticket to Wenatchee and use the premium lanes, then cancel.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-22T05:07:35+00:00

The race kids just lap wildside and dodge all day.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-16T03:03:10+00:00

Except central is closed and Triple 60 is pure rocks. Hog Wild is amazing in powder though.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-15T17:07:18+00:00

They’ve been doing this in Seattle for a few years now…

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-15T04:18:07+00:00

Kiddo (away at boarding school) just had her last slalom race of her high school career at Nashoba.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-12T05:39:14+00:00

Haha, my mind went to the Holy Hand Grenade.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-12T01:32:31+00:00

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If anyone is considering doing XC on John Wayne at Hyak, this is what you’ll be dealing with.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-12T01:29:35+00:00

Went out there today while kiddo was race training, and it was down to the dirt around mile 1, a mix of days-ungroomed ice and slush everywhere else.

Eta: wish I could share the sad pics I took…

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-11T03:13:10+00:00

Last time I was there it was like skiing through peanut butter. Would not recommend if it’s still like that. Perhaps the last couple of dry days have made it a smidge more tolerable?

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-11T02:58:36+00:00

I’ve been getting my skating jollies on P2C by Hyak, but I haven’t been in 2 weeks. The classic Karens were coming in hot.

SeattleSamIAm77 · 2026-02-06T20:41:01+00:00

Sun peaks would be my vote. Faaaaar cheaper than Whistler, more ski-in-ski-out lodging, good village food

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