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Snowbird had their earliest opening ever last weekend. It was excellent. It's here. Now. The only closed areas were Mineral Basin and the terrain off of Gad 2, which isn't running yet. Conditions range from un-f'ing-believable to excellent spring to merely OK, depending on where you were, when. We've gone into a bit of a dry, sunny, warm spell. It was in the low 50's at 8K' last Sunday. The due west aspects have been getting baked, so you need to time it right to avoid firm crusty refrozen crud. But up high, on the north or northeastern aspects, it's dry and corky - the Cirque (Silver Fox, Great Scott, et al) and the stuff under American Forks Twin Peaks (skiers' left side of the Little Cloud bowl (Mark Malu, the Rasta Chutes, Hoopsie's, etc) have the feel and quality of mid-December. Nothing is really bumped up yet, however, with the still-thin base, there are rocks to avoid, especially when they crop up in the most unexpected of places. Still, much of the place has better coverage now than at the end of last April. Seems like it was a short summer. Oh, current base is just shy of 5 feet.
Today Snowbird went to daily operation, and added Mineral Basin to the open list.
Today Snowbird went to daily operation, and added Mineral Basin to the open list.
