IN THE DEEP

Today was one of those sweet surprises that only locals can truly appreciate for its goodness... there were many factors about today that would have made any visitor or occasional skier an antsy Nancy. The snow report said 5" at 5am and still snowing with minimal 9m/h wind and a balmy 20°. We knew it would make for some strange conditions, and we were right.Driving up to the hill we could only see the bottom of the mountain, the top was...

Well powder hounds, today was a deep day but not one for everybody. The warmer temperatures made for some heavy snow that made us stick to the steeper pitches all day. Our first couple of runs were challenging as we broke through the top layer, but once we got to Three O’clock (with a fresh groom two days before) we were happy campers! The deep butter snow combined with the nice steep pitch made for an incredible run. And that was just a warm-up. As some of you may know, heavy snow turns moguls into everybody’s friends....

This afternoon we spent some time at the Christy Sixpack under still-snowing skies with eight Lift Operations and Maintenance Supervisors in an adaptive equipment training session. After a twenty minute discussion on equipment types, disability awareness, maze and loading preferences, and legalities for adaptive riders, the crew took turns back-loading (pull-back) Craig and his Revolution Pro Comp onto the sixpack, giving Craig several...

Since last I wrote, and despite the all-clear from Dr Sisk, Craig's foot turned a multitude of black and blues while in Myrtle Beach for the holidays, and he finally got the doc to take a second look today... the toe is broken. Unfortunately that meant he had to miss today's foot of freshies, while I made a few turns, broke my toe strap (what's it with TOES?) and tossed myself upside down on 1230's entrance roller. Other than that, it was a glorious day. Although Craig was sincerely missed, I took his favorite turns in his...