schubwa
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So somehow I slip out of a nice warm spot to go see what 4" new overnight means today. It's been pretty warm here after a frigid early winter. We lost snow pack due to rain and warm temps but lately things have improved and our base depths are growing and it's slowly returning to drier snows.
I get a bad feeling with all the car traffic going up but I get outside and the line isn't long and it's already almost 9. But I work my way onto the fourth chair and so begins my surprisingly uncrowded and lucky morning. I'm buckled in and I straight line for NWX, first over the pass to the upper trails, the obligatory traverse, and then a long and lazy float down to the chair. Maybe three guys in the air over me, it's all wide open. My track.
Nothing really deep or dry but it rides so fine. The upper third of NWX is hard charging, lay it over bottom turns, super bouncy powder.
I chose the lift line 'cuz only one guy had been down and it has a excellent sustained fall line. I'm by myself again because it's hard to find other 57 (or so) year old guys who want to go out and get it. No time to wait, how many more powder mornings are you going to get? Plus I need to be heading back down to town to prepare for a skate ski race on Sunday morning at Crescent Lake (22K).
Anyway, Robert called and he's waiting at the top for me. We get in four more runs with zero freshie competition. I think all the regulars were either caught unawares or thought it would be too crowded. But these three day holiday types are slow out of the blocks. Once you get a chair ride or two ahead, you're $$$.
Today's stats: 65" base, 75" mid with 10" new since Sat (1-16-10). 213" season. I realize all the energy and accumulations will shift south this week, but unlike more recent (pre-current PDO) El Nino's, we are forecast to get quite a bit of cold snow this week.
I get a bad feeling with all the car traffic going up but I get outside and the line isn't long and it's already almost 9. But I work my way onto the fourth chair and so begins my surprisingly uncrowded and lucky morning. I'm buckled in and I straight line for NWX, first over the pass to the upper trails, the obligatory traverse, and then a long and lazy float down to the chair. Maybe three guys in the air over me, it's all wide open. My track.
Nothing really deep or dry but it rides so fine. The upper third of NWX is hard charging, lay it over bottom turns, super bouncy powder.
I chose the lift line 'cuz only one guy had been down and it has a excellent sustained fall line. I'm by myself again because it's hard to find other 57 (or so) year old guys who want to go out and get it. No time to wait, how many more powder mornings are you going to get? Plus I need to be heading back down to town to prepare for a skate ski race on Sunday morning at Crescent Lake (22K).
Anyway, Robert called and he's waiting at the top for me. We get in four more runs with zero freshie competition. I think all the regulars were either caught unawares or thought it would be too crowded. But these three day holiday types are slow out of the blocks. Once you get a chair ride or two ahead, you're $$$.
Today's stats: 65" base, 75" mid with 10" new since Sat (1-16-10). 213" season. I realize all the energy and accumulations will shift south this week, but unlike more recent (pre-current PDO) El Nino's, we are forecast to get quite a bit of cold snow this week.
