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A fallen comrade asked that every 10th powder run from now until May I must repeat, "This one is for my buddy..." <BR> <BR>Well, buddy, I skied 10 runs for you today, plus one for my Mom (last run down Toll Road) and one for my deserted-me-for-Fernie posse ( a miserable trip down the Gondola stream bed). <BR> <BR>Some of the more heavily travelled trails were a bit slick. Light powder on a generally firm base tends to get pushed around, thus revealing the deadly substrate layers. <BR> <BR>But for the most part, powder was the rule, not unlike that described elsewhere in this forum for BigK and Bolton, and maybe even a little better. I took advantage of older, slower lifts to reach run after run of mostly forgotten pockets of untracked, including two runs down a very neglected glade and stream bed that was begging for company. It rewarded my attention with near knee deep snow for many more turns than I could count. <BR> <BR>Even go some sunshine, although most of the day it snowed. <BR> <BR>Loser run of the day was down the Gondola stream bed. This has long been one of my favorites, but with so much else to do I hadn't skied it yet this year. Today was not the day: it was the most scraped off icy death chute I skied all day. Yuck.