Off and on snow today, not much but for cat skiing it doesn't need to be much. It was gray again but we didn't have nearly as much of the bad visibility as yesterday. When we did the snow was more forgiving and there were no mishaps. Not sure what might have been going on yesterday, but the owner came out on our cat for half of today. The calf muscle still makes its presence known but pain is much less than yesterday and it didn't swell much even then. No impact on skiing, and with no evidence of anything serious I hit the hot tub after skiing.
We started in Enchanted Forest, a burn area near the lodge which I've probably skied every year I've been here. In the usual cold temperatures its SW exposure is rarely relevant. It was smooth for the low angle start but when the pitch steepened there was sun crust underneath. One other run had a section like that also. Otherwise we stuck to at least partial north facing and the snow was consistently good. The last 4 runs were 1,000 foot drops off a ridge, ending in Pillow Talk, a buried boulder field that offered numerous air opportunities to the younger skiers and riders.
We started in Enchanted Forest, a burn area near the lodge which I've probably skied every year I've been here. In the usual cold temperatures its SW exposure is rarely relevant. It was smooth for the low angle start but when the pitch steepened there was sun crust underneath. One other run had a section like that also. Otherwise we stuck to at least partial north facing and the snow was consistently good. The last 4 runs were 1,000 foot drops off a ridge, ending in Pillow Talk, a buried boulder field that offered numerous air opportunities to the younger skiers and riders.
