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There is no snow up on the big mountain. Rather, it has been transformed into 2600' of solid ice. A mammoth glacier jutting high into the sky. Yes, the coverage is wall to wall, top to bottom, and rather firm. If the American steel industry could turn out boilerplate like this, it wouldn't be needing no protectionist tariffs. <BR> <BR>To be sure, across some significant portion of this land locked iceberg, the uppermost few inches of ice were transformed into soft, forgiving corn. But vast dark areas remained as treacherous as the upper reaches of the Matterhorn. <BR> <BR>I encountered one of those places on upper Nosedive, on the third turn. A life of chasing Vermont powder apparently has dulled my ice reflexes, my edges failed me, and I went skittering at breakneck speed across the slope from left to right with all the control of a bowling ball, with some poor bystander the 10 pin. I missed the spare attempt by inches, and had to dive for the ground and let the friction brake my speed before careening into the trees like a Bono missile. <BR> <BR>Other than that, the day went pretty well. Runs of the day were some low angle woods with an inch of carvable untracked "powder". Skied them first and last run, with the ill-fated Nosedive run (and some lovely glades to follow) and a couple of Gondola Switchbacks to round out the afternoon. <BR> <BR>I'm back at 100%, waiting for the next rain storm. We need some wet stuff to freshen up the ice.