17/18 Padded Seats

Opening weekend was moderately alright, average at best compared to last season, but still plenty of terrain to sink one's edges into while reinstalling the moguls around the mountain. Strong temperature inversion kept the snow down low fluffy and light while offering spring-like conditions from The Fan up. Nash rode great, Adrenaline offered some wonderfully dry, chalky snow, and Snake Dance was available for those wishing to test their mettle in navigating low tide conditions through heavy fog.

Crowds were light both days, Lot 2 served as a satellite Lot 4 as the return trail to the source lake uphill dog park TH has yet to exist, & the soup was enriched with copious amounts of Vitamin R. The padded seats get a much-needed break to catch their breath before coming back to life on Thurs.

Padded Seats allowed guests edelweiss
fucking firm and very mediocre today.
grooming was mediocre to good, thanks jack.

positioned myself for a mediocre Saturday and was not disappointed.
7" new on firm mounds with patches of smooth with light crowding.

better than mediocre today but that's not saying much
deep snow in parking lots required strong driving skills
lots of little pockets of snow running under driven skis

The first mediocre Tues. delivered as expected. Armstrong loaded as soon as the highway reopened, snow removal didn't make an appearance until after the shuttle got stuck in the turnaround, blocking access to the lots on the proper side of the creek, and l'Internationale wasn't safe for the public until after 1:30. But the company was good and the snow was deep so I'm still happy...

For a powder day, crowds were non existent. Good times.