A very interesting day for March – kinda like a big nasty stormy day in December…big winds (howling from the southeast) big snow all day (nuking dumping mid day), no crowds (unlike in December), bad vis in the Valley Bowl areas (sadly), good grooming (especially when I was social with #1 on FQex runs), great facial ice abrasion across the upper ridges (especially top of GV Chair and Windy/Powder Pass areas), lifts running nicely early, but sadly HC closed down during the 11am hour. Felt cold. Snow quality on the mid to lower mountain kept getting better and better all day. Wind protected areas were getting loaded up fast (should be really big on all the North and West facing slopes tomorrow). Temps (or the wind effect) were cold enough to keep it nice and cold snow all day.
Other – Soup at CB lodge was the Triple C (and a actually had a bowl and it was really good). Parking in the A lot was typical, lots of snow on my truck when we left and down the Blvd a ways, no cars to notice in B or C. Fun day (what would I say?) on a really stormy day in March. Sounds like the next week has a lot of promise.
