IN THE DEEP

So even though it’s a little late, I just had to brag about how incredible the mountain was on Sunday. Saturday was obviously a tremendous day for the end of March and the fun continued into Sunday. With warm temperatures in the forecast and Butch Butler, monoskier extraordinaire, in town from South Carolina, we decided to hit the mountain early in search of freshies. After a quite cold ride up the mountain (yep, temperatures stayed pretty chilly until late morning) we headed directly to Storm Peak to check out the fresh snow still waiting on the Face. So we skied the deep carpet of Storm Peak Face, veered right into the storm face meadow (a.k.a. Mustache) and shot over to Sunset to access Moonlight Trees which was still fresh and down to Sundown Express. Our net run took us to the top of the Wally World Cornice to skiers right and down through Black Powder and all the way out to Ramrod. If you haven’t skied ramrod on a 5 inch day you are missing out. Right side or left side you really can’t go wrong. Craig’s ridge was next and didn’t disappoint, especially when I cut into the trees at the bottom of wristband. This is a hard to find stash that is often missed and I had first tracks the day after a powder day! We skied Billy Kidd Trees, and High Noon, and all the regulars until I realized that it was my acciversary (14th anniversary of breaking my back on the mountain). So with the infamous Dougie Fresh in tow we headed up BC and over to the scene of the crime, Vertigo. It took me 5 years to be good enough to even ski Vertigo again and I ski it every year on that day. Today the bumps were huge and soft and I conquered my foe once again. It was a great was to end the day and as I skied up to my wheelchair I shouted, “I win!” See you next time…In The Deep