We were going to make it a short day and bail when the crowds showed up. The <BR>crowds never arrived and the skiing was great. <BR> <BR>All but a few trails on Madonna and Sterling are open, though some of the <BR>natural blue trails had some thin cover. Other trails had thin spots here <BR>and there, but nothing that couldn't easily be avoided. The last weeks <BR>warmnth seemed to create a nice based and with a few inches of new snow <BR>since then, most surfaces were nice packed powder. Although we are not woods <BR>travelers just yet, tracks were seen going into the usual locations. <BR> <BR>We jumped back and forth between Madonna 1 and Starling all day, seemed to <BR>be the first day of the year were it was tough to decide what run to take <BR>next. Smugglers Alley had been groomed earlier in the week and had nice soft <BR>bumps. FIS showed signs of recent snowmaking but also had nice bumps, <BR>although I'd assume they will groom it shortly as all the snowmaking whales <BR>are still here and there. So other runs of note included Shuttle, nicely <BR>covered and usually forgotten about, lower waterfall, short but only had 5 <BR>or so tracks, and black bear, a great natural snow trail hidden in the <BR>middle of sterling. <BR> <BR>All in all a great day.... <BR> <BR>Oh.... and a snow report. Last night they only got a dusting. Today it was <BR>snowing real light all day with it heavier for about an hour or so, picking <BR>up an inch or less. Couldn't have said it better then Jason just did.... <BR> <BR>>>> <BR>But it doesn't matter, because today was still awesome. Ignore the <BR>weather forecasts, they're usually wrong. Ignore the snow reports, <BR>they're usually marketing. Go ride (or ski)! <BR><<< <BR> <BR>------------------------------------------ <BR>Tim Watson <BR> <BR>Time for smuggs to get some new warning signs, I'm sick of seeing "Spring <BR>conditions exist" in the middle of January.....
Smuggs 1/13/02
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