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I’ve never been to the island of Oahu, but like many, have fantasized how idyllic it would be. White sand beaches, turquoise blue waters — what’s not to like? For many, it’s their fantasy dream of the ideal place to live. It’s especially appealing during the cold, windy and snowy…
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Are snowy Mays the new normal? I’m beginning to think so. We’re only three days into the month of May, and we’ve already had almost 12 inches of snow. Now in any given year, you could chalk that up to an aberration of weather for that year. But in the…
Continue readingLast Sunday, I got really excited. Really excited. After waiting all winter for a decent snow storm, it seemed we would finally get our spring upslope snowstorm. Joel Gratz of OpenSnow, wrote of the models that forecast storms, predicting 1-2 feet of new snow, favoring the east side of the…
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The trees were grouped tightly together, so we made one swooping turn followed by another, using the trees as slalom gates. We weren’t quite sure where we were going. Suddenly, we spied a ski patroller ahead in a clearing. What was this? Some sort of equipment was cordoned off, restricting public…
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