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Snow similar to that reported at Mad River Glen: dense and deep. I daresay, perhaps deeper. <BR> <BR>Clambered out of the lodge and onto a lift at 9:00 AM. Gondi was down, Quad was a zoo. Opted for the triple for a couple of partially wooded warmups. Gondi opened maybe around 11 or so. <BR> <BR>Almost too dense and deep for the low angle terrain: speed was of the essence. Jumpin Jimmy and I bounced around in some woods, but spent a surprising amount of time on the trails, too. Some things we would never normally think of skiing: National, Liftline, Hayride. We were on a lift line kick: did Gondalier top to bottom from the rarely open top, missing only the never open Waterfall -- and yes, straying a bit into a short stash of knee deep just off the trail. Did the top of Liftline under the quad, and continued down a more or less straight course from there. Skied Lookout from tippy top to very bottom. Hayride and National top to bottom. It was a top to bottom day. <BR> <BR>By 4 PM, the place was a ghost town. Not like the skiing suddenly turned bad or something. If anything, it was getting better. Snow continued to fall and the dense powder was beat into the softest butteriest packed powder you can image. Downy snow pillows begging to be smashed to bits by Magilla Gorilla turns. Good thing we were on <BR>our monkey boards. <BR> <BR>All in all, we wracked up 14 runs: 2 triples, 3 gondolas, and nine rides on the quad. My knees are screaming a happy song of pain. Happy happy joy joy.