We started off the day with patchy blue sky, with some low clouds snaking up the valley. Then more weather moved in. And finally, after lunch, a ripping wind that picked up snow off the ground and tossed it all over the place. By closing it was just snowing horizontal mode. Sometimes the wind would hit with an almost explosive force, filling the air with surface snow.
Sometimes the lift would stop. No small kids to worry about... I was wondering if there was some automatic mechanism that turned off the lifts if the wind hit a certain velocity? It seemed to work that way.
But in all this the skiing was really good! The parking lot was dry but there was snow on the trees up on the hill. The freshies provided some very nice skiable stuff to work with. Off groom was skiable also.
Yes, there was a frozen base underneath it all... Sometimes I would hit the boilerplate, or see that dark patch of real ice. On Luckyshot I neglected to avoid a death cookie that was nailed down... it deflected my ski in an unpleasant manner, but I recovered.
I really enjoyed all the skiing. Lot A was basically full, but not a big crowd. Sometimes you could ski down forest queen all by yourself. Base meadow is still a mess. The walk down to Snorting Elk Cellar is still a frozen sheet of ice... could use some sand or gravel.
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