We didn't get up early today, and instead watched the snow fall in piles of snowflakes the size of pancakes from our offices until we could take it no more. The 2" and 5° on the 5am report kept building and building, and by the noon report there was a foot. So sometime after lunch we both started putting our gear on for some late day turns and made it to the top by 2. The wind, snow, and cold were relentless all day apparently; Storm Peak was such a blizzard we couldn't even get across the plain to drop off onto the Face and...
Another gorgeous day in the Boa, people... a perfect condition kind of day. With 11 new inches today on top of yesterday's foot, and however many before that (how long has it been snowing?), the groomers were covered, the bumps were filled in, and the trees were like butter. The snow was exponentially lighter today than it has been, the temps cooperated, and we're back to our Champagne!A little wind blown from the dropping jet flow at...
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What a crazy day. 1. Lifts opened an hour late due to some ice creation making the detachables detach...We wind up on Gondy much earlier than that but only to take first run down Rudy's and ...2. Lose a binding. Craig'd been saying that ski felt soft these last few days; last year's demo model Bro with a racing plate and Marker binding. First run, racing plate rips off the back end and renders the Revolution motionless. Skiing down wasn't an option, so we sent the packmule down for the backup, and I made it back in 30 minutes...