IN THE DEEP

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And Happy Opening Day!  We've got a great base building up already, and a storm on the way! Took some turns with Miss Jennie from 9-11 today to warm up the legs and check out the conditions. Surprise!  Four Points lift was open!  A patch of barely tracked soft snow beneath the top lift shack, soft groomer turns on Rainbow, and on the second lap, we wore ourselves out on Hurricane- mounded up piles...

While yesterday's northern section of the double-whammy winter storm system split and shafted Steamboat,  the southern system has laid her snowy eggs over Mt Werner all night long... and its still dumping.  We've had snow on our playhill for weeks, but it's finally piling on in the 'Boat! Ten days until the mountain opens, and the natives are getting restless! It's going to be another La Nina year people; wax your boards, book...

Craig and Keith at the top of Buddy's the sign was buried! Steamboat closed its doors for winter business this past Sunday with a rockin' powder morning, totaling 433 inches for the year and peaking out at a 137" summit base, nearing some best-ever records. The last is always a bittersweet day full of on-hill shenanigans, base-area parties, live music and games, and Mother Nature held off her fury just long enough for a comfortable...

If we thought yesterday was good, today was phenomenal. Best day I've had on the mountain perhaps all year- the temp was frigid, the snow was light, and it was up above my knees in spots. The fog was dense, and the place was deserted once again. Man, were we in for a treat. We started out on the sunnyside, blindly finding our way through the fog by the trees from KeithsRidge to 1230 to AndysRidge- which has been newly named after only one day to AndysWetDream, then BlackPowder (holy crap we were buried!) to Ramrod (this is...

Patiently waiting for it to pile up today, we didn't load the Gondy until about noon - the report posted 0" at 5am, 4" at 9:30am, and 6" by 11, it was going to be a gorgeous powderday in the 'Boat!  Blindly making our way through dense fog and styrofoam flakes, we headed over to Sunnyside first, hitting Storm Face - Meadow - Sunset - Moonlight Trees and down to Sundown through half a foot of surprisingly light piles.  The temp didn't drop until this morning, from 25 down to 14 by 1pm, making for winter conditions...

Tomorrow starts the 6th annual all mountain ski camp with STARS and Adaptive Adventures, and the snow has welcomed everyone in! The morning report said 6" but its been snowing since sometime after midnight, and it was up over my knees in the 130, 1230, and Sundown trees! The latter being the best of the morning by far! We're in a Winter Storm Warning until 6pm tonight, so if you missed today, tomorrow should be divine as well... See you In The Deep, all week with the adaptive skiers- check http://accessanything.blogspot.com...