Layers Of Blue Mountains
by Kym Backland
Title
Layers Of Blue Mountains
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Kym Backland
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On this day you could see layers of blue mountains for miles! The clouds were soft and puffy, What a great day to ski... There aren't many more of these ski days left. So, you need to get up to Crystal Mountain and ski or snowboard or hike, before the springtime skiing ends. It's a wonderful place to spend a day, or longer~
1960s Crystal Mountain Resort opened in December 1962 with two double chairlifts. The first of these lifts, Miner's Basin was decommissioned in the summer of 2011. Its route was close to that of the new gondola and ended by the top of the Exterminator and Deerfly runs. The other original lift (Iceberg Ridge) was removed when the current Rainier Express chair was built. The site, just northeast of Mount Ranier National Park, was chosen after some Tacoma skiers were unable to start a resort within the boundaries of the park.
The following summer the Green Valley double chairlift was built, and the Quicksilver lift followed in 1964. In 1965, Crystal hosted the collegiate ski championships in late March[6] and the following week the U.S. Alpine Ski Championships, which included famous racers such as Karl Schranz of Austria, Olympic medalists Jimmie Heuga and Billy Kidd of the U.S., future triple gold medalist Jean-Claude Killy of France, and future gold medalist Nancy Greene of Canada. Crystal hosted the national championships again in 1968, a few weeks after the Winter Olympics. Kidd, Heuga, and Greene were again in the field, as well as Spider Sabich. Back from the Olympics and the World Cup tour, local Judy Nagel won the women's slalom and combined titles at age 16.Five years earlier, her father Jack Nagel (1926–2004)[14] and the racing school at Crystal were featured in Sports Illustrated, with her older sister Cathy, then 14, on the cover. 1970s The Campbell Basin chairlift opened in 1970, which opened Campbell Basin to skiing for the first time and traveled from the base area all the way to the site of the current Campbell Basin Lodge.Two weeks after the 1972 Olympics, Crystal hosted the World Cup tour in late February 1972 with two downhills for both men and women, with the start above Campbell Basin. Weather forced a low start; the winning men's times were under 90 seconds. Newly-crowned Olympic downhill champion Bernhard Russi of Switzerland won the Saturday race[19] and took second on Sunday. A women's slalom scheduled for Sunday was cancelled due to weather. In 1974, Crystal added its first triple chairlift, Bullion Basin. High Campbell, the highest lift at Crystal, was added in 1976. It was pre-owned, purchased from the defunct Yodelin Ski Area near Stevens Pass. High Campbell serves the summit of Silver Queen and provides access to The Throne, Silver King, Campbell Basin, Avalanche Basin, and Silver Basin.
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Kym Backland
CAMPBELL BAILEY, Happy Friday to you! Thank you for the feature of my photo LAYERS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS in your group CLOUDS! I appreciate your time and help and features Campbell!
Kym Backland
KLAAS HARTZ, Thanks for the feature this Thursday. I appreciate you giving my photo LAYERS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS a nice spot in your growing and huge group SMALL SHOWROOM much appreciated Klaas!
Kym Backland
VICKI SPINDLER, Hello new group leader! Thanks for the feature this Tuesday.. I appreciate you giving my new photo LAYERS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS a nice spot in your growing and huge group OUR PLANETS SCENERY..much appreciated Vicki..
Kym Backland
CHRIS, Thanks for the feature this Thursday. I appreciate you giving my new photo LAYERS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS a nice spot in your growing and huge group YOUR BEST LANDSCAPE.. much appreciated Chris!
Ivete Basso
Beautiful place and I love your capture, Kym! I love snow! For Christmas week I and my family go to Tahoe Lake, California.
Bruce Bley
What a great view of these majestic mountains, Kym!! I loved reading your description. If only I were a bit younger I would enjoy skiing down this mountain. F/V
Loriental Photography
Fantastic capture, Kym ! Love the drama in the sky and the light on the mountains, it creates a fantastic contrast ! v
Christine Burdine
One of my favorite places in the PNW. My Dad skied for free there starting at 70 and by the time he hit 75 they cancelled the program and he started paying again. Skied til he passed away at 83. This is a great shot!
Kym Backland replied:
Christine, Wow, just read this today.. July 11th. What a great story! That's amazing your Dad skied until 83... amazing!
Jane Small
Kym,I feel on top of the world quite literally looking out across this breathtaking vista.Really wonderful photo you have taken here.v/f
Kym Backland replied:
Jane, You certainly "use your words"... One can sure tell you are a writer as well as an artist! Thank you for your wonderfully written comments! I appreciate the time it takes to type such compliments!
Oksana Semenchenko
Kym, I like this beautiful view. Great photograph! f/w/v/ g+ twitter
Kym Backland replied:
Oksana, I see we are visiting each other pages at the same time! Thanks for all your votes and such!
Kym Backland
ELLA, I forget you have a few groups now! Nice to see you again! Thanks for the feature this Thursday. I appreciate you giving my new photo LAYERS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS a nice spot in your growing and wonderful group YOUR BEST WORK...Thanks so much Ella!
Kym Backland
SHANNON, Nice to see you again! Thanks for the feature this Thursday. I appreciate you giving my new photo LAYERS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS a nice spot in your growing and wonderful group SUN CLOUDS AND WATER...Thanks Shannon!
Kym Backland
ANASTASIA, Ding, Ding, Ding...time to get out the popcorn for this triple feature tonight! Thanks for the feature this Thursday. I appreciate you giving my new photo LAYERS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS a nice spot in your growing and huge group PHOTOSRUS Most appreciated ! I hope you are doing well tonite Anastasia!