March 13 2014, Mission Ridge Groomer Zoomers

Thursday at Mission Ridge was pretty good by this season's standard.  We got there for the morning line up, loading at 0850 under a high overcast that kept the snow from slushing out even though the temp rose to the mid-30s.  We could see all of the surrounding mountains since the cloud deck just barely touched to peaks.  Zoomed the great wide groomers at “fast enough to be fun” speeds all morning since off-piste was hard set and unpleasant.  The clouds started to break up about noon and we saw a full circle rainbow ring around the sun, so that was cool.  Never a lift line since most folks on the hill were with the FIS race teams and they stuck to the chair 3 Toketie / Tillicum / Skookum courses, leaving the rest of the hill to us geezers.  Looked like the ungroomed stuff was softening up where it was getting sun, but things in shade were still crunchy when we left around 1300. TomK & Kerry, and Bob Orange Boots.

<Edits to correct the month and that we called it a day just as the ungroomed was softening up in the afternoon .>

The skiing off piste in Bowl 5 vicinity was great today from 1230-1500 when I left. Anything getting direct sun was perfect corn in the afternoon. I skied 6 laps out in Bowl 5, every one a winner.

since you went there two months from now, do you know if we get some more snow?



sounds fun anyway!

since you went there two months from now, do you know if we get some more snow?



sounds fun anyway!

may, march, what's the diff?
Lets see if I can edit the title.