Today's tasty surprises were everywhere, and the skiers were nowhere to be seen. We had the place to ourselves this morning, and it was delightful. Craig's bff Keith insisted on the Gondy, even though Thunderhead is now open, and we got first tracks down Rudy's, fresh untracked cord with a few inches of butter on the side... tasty. Storm wasn't open so we rode up BC for a few turns down newly-opened Surprise for some fresh.
Up Sundown and on to High Noon for a top-to-bottom hauler, speedy, carvy, buttery, delight. I've literally never seen High Noon look or feel so good with one person on it, me! I lost the boys who headed down Sunshine Lift Line, reporting it to be identical conditions of course. We met up via Sundown and Sunshine lifts at the top- I can effectively confirm that Sunshine is only about 2 chairs slowly than Sundown now... remember when that lift took 15 minutes?
Then on to Tomohawk, with 3-4" of fresh along the side we surfed to the tunes and followed Craig down to Ramrod. This one was so nice, we did it twice. Ramrod was carvable, again with about 4" max in spots, definitely stiff from the wind but not noticable on the big boards; we found fresh tracks through the meadow. Second time around our buddy and guest photographer Jessie parked it at the cattrack at the bottom of Ramrod and took some shots. . . apparently however we don't get to view them yet today!
We took The Face (lovely) to Rainbow and Vagabond; they're blasting Vagabond still, filling in the holes. We checked out the sad empty forest removed from Rough Rider Basin, wow, talk about Beetle Kill Meadow. It looks so different, there definitely will be some sad kids missing their wood ferries in there this year.
The views from the top extended to the hazy Flattops, glowing blue under partial clouds, looking downright magestic today. The sun is trying to peek through but it's mostly overcast, and no, it's not snowing. We did in fact only get about 4" max, but don't let that stop you from tasting the goods from the Gods. It's unbelievable up there.
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