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About Us

Reliable snow news for the Pacific Northwest.

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The Powder Poobah is former Cali surfer Larry Schick, an avid skier and retired KING–TV meteorologist. He started writing the Powder Alert in the mid-90's and was anointed the "Grand Poobah of Powder" by a ski buddy. It was clearly a shameless power grab since nobody had claimed the title. 

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Larry retired in 2017 from the Seattle District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a meteorologist- hydrologist. Prior to that, his career of 25 years of daily TV broadcasts for KING–TV included ski trips that were often cleverly disguised as news reporting. Blurring the lines between work and play - often to his advantage.

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Larry now cherry picks the best powder days to ski. He has skied more than 60 ski areas in the Western U.S. and British Columbia. In 2023 Larry began skiing more than ever when he brought in support from Michael Fagin and Andrea Hamilton.

 

We appreciate you, our loyal subscribers and our sponsors who keep this free for you.

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