Mountains and Living in WA?

[lazy climber]

I think Matt hit it on the head with his comparison, I live in SW Wa ( across the river from Portland) and I would say our weather is maybe not as bad, but still fairly gray and the traffic is a lot easier than Seattle.

I would like to add to a few comments, our snow pack is different so in general the avy risk is different than the Rockies, lets us get out sooner and longer. Somebody said they liked the Rockies because you could see so many peaks, you need to stand in the North Cascades and do a 360, there are a lot of peaks, a lot of them are very seldom climbed. For example, 10000 people attempt Rainier every year, has anyone heard of the Ptarmigan Traverse, 3-5 days of backcountry treking/climbing ( the record is under 20 hours) and I would guess less than 50 people complete it each year.

I have a coworker ( whose sister just moved to Denver) the co worker was telling how great they thought CO is ( and it is a great place) and how much there is to do as opposed to here in the PNW. They really wanted to move to Co so they could do stuff. I asked them if they did any of that stuff here and the answer was no, so I pointed out that if they did not do any cool stuff here I would guess they would not do any cool stuff in CO.

I guess the point is we all live in pretty cool areas and as long as we are out doing things it really does not matter where we are, even flat landers in Kansas have some pretty nice places to see, its all different.

[PaliKona]

Thank you to the Washington Huskies for bringing the gloomy grey weather to Boulder today. Once the game ended and the team presumably left, it went bluebird. Coincidence?