Today did not disappoint!   The 5am report stated that only one inch fell since the mountain closed, but Rudy's had at least three over the groom, it's been snowing since sunrise, and as I stated yesterday, it shows no signs of stopping.  The skies were throwing snowballs down on us all morning, as we found the stashes in the trees, where the thick clouds weren't as blinding.  It's a white out out there!  Not many braved the morning runs; the Gondy line was minimal, and we rode the Christy to Thunderhead, my first of that route for the season.  

After a ride up Storm, wind picking up, we made for the open, untracked, vanilla icing-coated groomer of Storm Face down to Sunset, the fresh getting slightly deeper over a lightening-fast groom as well.  Craig and the boys bombed through the bumps on Lights Out and the boarder here went and found completely untracked goods in the Moonlight trees below Duster. Not super deep (yet), but surfy.  And it just got better from there.
Fritz called for Rolex, named for its mint quality, while on the Sundown lift, so our route there was down Black Powder-Sundial Trees to Buckshot trees, the latter of which is still pretty rolly, with deep pockets of snow to suck you in.  After this storm, those last holes around the undergrowth will be totally filled in. 

Rolex, (videos) was the best run of the day. Although the Daze was a close second.  But Rolex, ungroomed, and relatively untracked, delivered high quality product as usual:

Craig gets some o' Rolex...


and Fritz freeheelin' his pick.

After the Daze we hit T-head one last time for a run down Vertigo; medium sized bumps, and easily 10" of untracked on the lower half! The last hidden stash!

What a great opening to a powder week!  We're in a winter storm warning until Tuesday...

- See you in the deep!

Posted by Andy Kennedy Sunday, December 19, 2010 0 comments

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