TOP TO BOTTOM Mary McIntyre. Al Schaffer, the president at Blanket Glacier Chalet. Words Mary McIntyre Photos Mattias Fredriksson see, it’s a chalet because it has more than two bathrooms,” Al Schaffer says. He gestures toward an outhouse perched 15 feet above the ground on a platform between fir trees. He strains to hold a serious look for half a second before laughter creases the smile lines radiating out from his light blue eyes. Minutes before, our helicopter dipped into an opening between low-hanging clouds, and a snow-covered A-frame popped into view, nestled in a spindly balsam forest. Al and his wife Marion waited outside as snowflakes tumbled from the dark gray sky, giddy with excitement at the 34 th opening weekend of their Monashee Mountain ski cha-let. Marion’s T-shirt shows a wild-haired hippie sitting on a toilet in the middle of the woods. Over this is inscribed, “Blanket Glacier Chalet—Where We’ve Got the Runs!” “YOU 054 The Ski Journal
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