18/19 Stevens

1/25 Stopped by for a few afternoon laps, everything off piste is refrozen garbage. Fast slick groomers made for quick easy laps. Vis was great above windy knoll, pretty much non-existent below it. Glacier came out for a lap or two. No lift crowds but the typical crowded places seemed a lot more crowded than they actually were since you had 10-20' vis. The jump line on the park is nicely sorted, as far as I can tell. 5-6 jumps? Mostly big-to-me step ups, but plenty of speed and enough landing to prevent browning the pants. Lower terminal is the usual ice sheet, but smooth at the bottom so pointing it from the choke point is completely fine. Snow down low was nice and carvable. Crowds: 1, vis: .5, snow: .5. Which is 2/3.

1/28/19 Warm and sunny, but not as warm as Sunday according to NWAC. Refroze Sunday night into fast, friendly groomers Monday. "Ski Groomers Only" signange, no 7th or SC/DD.

Surprising crowd for a monday, but still parked right up front and didn't really see a lift line. Short wait for Hogs, but that was more the solitary badge gun. Nothing but blue skies. Backside was warming around noon-ish, and staying soft on the last pitch. The low angle bumps off at the bottom weren't entirely unpleasant, but nearly so.

2.5/3, groomer scale.

1/31 Amazingly it was another sunshine and groomer day. They started running SC/DD/7th but didn't have many takers. I saw one person get on 7th, no one on SC/DD. The upper half on the backside was kinda soft, but still solid for the bottom 500'ish off piste. Didn't notice anyone get off piste twice. Seemed like maybe a dozen people on the backside, and a few more on the front. The groomers were good to the bottom, only a couple small scraped areas. The snow was fast, nothing sticking at all.

Glacier refused to take its hat off, but otherwise looked great.

Tye had a low of 42 last night, 23 at the base.

2.9/3 groomer day. Perfect vis, no one around, almost perfect groomers top to bottom, wall to wall.

2/11: Slow day, had to clear my driveway, ~400' then the local road for another 900. A 1 series deere does not a plow make, but it's pretty much always good enough. Took an hour, then 1:15 from gold bar to the pass, but they just got turning. Great snow everywhere, mostly mid shin but plenty places knee+ deep and light. Not great bonding, but hitting bottom took some effort and it all seemed to stay in place. Very short to no lines, good vis.

2/12: even slower day, had to clear even more local road and it was twice as heavy. Started at 7, finished after 9. Tiny tractor needs chains. Even slower drive to the pass, 2h. Heavier snow, a single very long line on the backside. They opened then closed DD (the run) then reopened it.... not sure what that was about. Mostly no real waits. Vis was worse but fine, just easy to have worn too much.

I live here because the snow is supposed to stay where it belongs, in the mountains.

Other than that, a pair of spectacular 3/3 days.

2/15 No lowland snow to clear, no crowds, no lines, good vis. A little fresh, around boot top most places. The storm hadn't solidified so a few places still knee+, but between wind and traffic a few places got firm. Big flurries later in the day, and more warming than recently so I expect it'll firm up at least on the lower half.

2.8/3.

Fun day. Cold enough that the backside off piste stayed malleable. Bumps on DD were big and not so predictable. Grooming wa pretty good but a lot of folks came out on a Wednesday. Must be mid-winter school break.