Day 66: April powder arrives
Our first real April storm has finally arrived. We were right at the rain/snow line when things kicked off around 11 am at the house (5000'), then quickly went to all wet, heavy snow. I've got a couple of inches here at the house, and decided to venture to Snowbird late this afternoon for a couple of quick laps on Peruvian.
I'm guessing there's about six inches up there, with another 8-18 inches forecast overnight and tomorrow before the storm winds down. Today wasn't enough to hide the crust of the refrozen old snow underneath, but was enough to barely hide the few rocks poking through in some of the more out-of-the-way places. Tricky going, where the low angle stuff was far better than steeper lines. Tomorrow should be a great day at Snowbird, the only Utah ski area operating Thursday, and I should be at Alta when it reopens on Friday - hopefully skiing big storm totals.
Total runs: 2
Total time: 0:50:35
Total verts: 4930
Total pics: 0 - you couldn't see jack
Our first real April storm has finally arrived. We were right at the rain/snow line when things kicked off around 11 am at the house (5000'), then quickly went to all wet, heavy snow. I've got a couple of inches here at the house, and decided to venture to Snowbird late this afternoon for a couple of quick laps on Peruvian.
I'm guessing there's about six inches up there, with another 8-18 inches forecast overnight and tomorrow before the storm winds down. Today wasn't enough to hide the crust of the refrozen old snow underneath, but was enough to barely hide the few rocks poking through in some of the more out-of-the-way places. Tricky going, where the low angle stuff was far better than steeper lines. Tomorrow should be a great day at Snowbird, the only Utah ski area operating Thursday, and I should be at Alta when it reopens on Friday - hopefully skiing big storm totals.
Total runs: 2
Total time: 0:50:35
Total verts: 4930
Total pics: 0 - you couldn't see jack
