The season's first official powder day left plenty of locals giggling down the trails today. We made first chair on Four Points and beelined it right to a knee-deep Cyclone, smooth like butter with two tracks down its rolling, silky glade. Despite not remembering to switch out Craigs Tiger racing ski for the Bro powder ski, we had no incidents with a buried mono- the snow billowed over his head, leaving a 30 yard cloud in his wake. Next we headed up Storm to hit the Face, meadow, and Sunset, all barely tracked,...
Made our first turns down the hill today, just as another storm started rolling in. Thunderhead is closed until next week, so we mounted the Gondola instead of the lifts around 10:30 and headed for Storm Peak.
Buddy's, Rainbow, Storm, Cyclone, all in great shape with a thick base, soft, and carvey. We stayed up til about 1, hitting our favorite groomers but staying out of the trees; Craig sunk down into the bottomlessness just above Cyclone- save that for a few weeks, buddy! Much of the hill is still closed, but soon...