Day 13: Oh, hell yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about!
Another 30 inches of new snow overnight, and impeccable timing on openings. It just doesn't get any better.
I didn't get up there until 12:30, as work got in the way this morning. No matter, though, for Supreme opened around 1 p.m. On the first run off Supreme the Patrol had hinted that the lower gate into Supreme Bowl was open, so we buzzed down Challenger to the gate and...closed. Pissed off, but still satisfied we hit White Squaw instead. Great stuff!
On the second ride up, though, we spotted a patroller opening the top gate into Supreme Bowl for the very first time this season! Only five others passed through the gate ahead of us, and all five traversed right into Spiny Chutes. We, of course, went left instead, where we scored absolute first tracks all the way down through Calf Rope (what I've always called Supreme Nose -- I finally learned the Patrol name for it today) to the flats at the bottom of Supreme. Completely untracked, completely divine.
We just kept lapping Supreme all the way to the end of the day. Skidog had been there since 9:30, so he cut out around 3:10. Pat and I kept going, riding Sugarloaf around 3:45 only to find the Germ Return closed due to the avi hazard on East Baldy. We thus skied all the way down to the transfer tow to head for a pitcher at GMD at 4 pm.
Tomorrow will be another good one, as Backside, Ballroom, Baldy Shoulder and Catherine's remained closed all day due to avi risk. They'll surely open tomorrow, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Devil's Castle come online soon, too. I, unfortunately, won't be able to get there until 11 a.m. at the earliest due to other obligations. Maybe, though, I'll get just as lucky with rope drops tomorrow.
Another 30 inches of new snow overnight, and impeccable timing on openings. It just doesn't get any better.
I didn't get up there until 12:30, as work got in the way this morning. No matter, though, for Supreme opened around 1 p.m. On the first run off Supreme the Patrol had hinted that the lower gate into Supreme Bowl was open, so we buzzed down Challenger to the gate and...closed. Pissed off, but still satisfied we hit White Squaw instead. Great stuff!
On the second ride up, though, we spotted a patroller opening the top gate into Supreme Bowl for the very first time this season! Only five others passed through the gate ahead of us, and all five traversed right into Spiny Chutes. We, of course, went left instead, where we scored absolute first tracks all the way down through Calf Rope (what I've always called Supreme Nose -- I finally learned the Patrol name for it today) to the flats at the bottom of Supreme. Completely untracked, completely divine.
We just kept lapping Supreme all the way to the end of the day. Skidog had been there since 9:30, so he cut out around 3:10. Pat and I kept going, riding Sugarloaf around 3:45 only to find the Germ Return closed due to the avi hazard on East Baldy. We thus skied all the way down to the transfer tow to head for a pitcher at GMD at 4 pm.
Tomorrow will be another good one, as Backside, Ballroom, Baldy Shoulder and Catherine's remained closed all day due to avi risk. They'll surely open tomorrow, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Devil's Castle come online soon, too. I, unfortunately, won't be able to get there until 11 a.m. at the earliest due to other obligations. Maybe, though, I'll get just as lucky with rope drops tomorrow.
It's just one more example of why I've never looked in the rear view mirror once since pulling into town 4 seasons ago.
I look forward to spending some slope time with my oldest son who lives in San Diego. If we get a powder day, it would just be a bonus on top of seeing him enjoy our mountains. The first time I skied UT was in the winter of 99/00 and that was with my son Peter. After four days of joy, I speculated that "this might be the place" to spend some retirement years. So, here I am! :lol: