17/18 Padded Seats

35 freedom degrees and pissing rain when I rolled off I-90 this evening. Lower mtn sucked almost as much as shoveling...

Skiing looked very promising as I pulled into lot 4. Dumping and about 7 new in the lot. Mark texted that they had closed I90 and I was in the lot WHOOPEEE!! Got to Chair 1 a little after 9:00 and they were loading. The line was less than 5 minutes and was on the way. At the top could see they were loading 2 and headed up. Dreams of epic conditions up top. The line at 2 was less than 5 minutes. International was closed but Shot 6 was open. Headed down Cante in boot deep pow to upper Rollen. No rocks and straight down. Then the wind hit me, blizzard white out conditions and blowing so hard I went straight just to keep going. I had just encountered the strongest winds I have encountered at Alpy in 45 years. Got to Breakover to Shot 6 and the skiing was very good. Below the cat track was very heavy. International skied well as did Lower I even in the avy debris Made a number of more runs down mostly thru Shot 6 which continued to deliver. They closed 2 a little after noon. Winds were incredible creating total blizzard conditions (my face has been blasted). Had to wait for the winds to subside to get into Breakover.

Headed to lot 4 and it start to rain hard. Hope tomorrow cools with more snow

it was great, for 2 hours, then not so
wind hammering and pissed off snow
uh, this is gonna be good for the base

it was great, for 2 hours, then not so
wind hammering and pissed off snow
uh, this is gonna be good for the base

^^^ Another bobby gem right there. Good skiing with you today.
Fun time, many people, cold snow
E gate popped about 10:30
Did I say many people, sheesh

Lots of powder techs and lots of patrol doing extra duty!
seems randonee wreally went well and is put to bed, whew.
source lake uphill dog park trail was in full force by noon
lower hill skied good all day and Cascade Traverse is all in!

good skiing and story swapping today, griff.

fine groomers mediocre elevator no highT
imo Presidents' Day doesn't mean shit
beyond the fact that Alpental is open. #thankUllR