Day 29: Wow!
With a 35-inch storm total, I have no word but "Wow!" The last day/night of the storm was the cold-and-dry that we powder princesses are accustomed to around here, topping up the denser weekend snow underneath. I decided at the last minute to cash in a vacation day and join Sharon, Pam and Skidog at Alta.
With snow falling throughout the weekend, the locals didn't show up in their usual hordes, either. About every 5th or 6th chair on Wildcat had a body in it for the first hour, although the folks stacked up three minutes deep for Collins eventually figured it out. By that time, though, we were ready to move on.
Where to? Greeley Hill. The young guns typically overlook those lines, and they did today, too. Untracked so good that we had to go back and do it again.
By this point Supreme had opened, so we headed out to Catherine's. Two Catherine's/Patsy Marley laps before lunch, and one after lunch with a couple visiting from Mammoth that we met over lunch (bumped into Tirolerpeter at Alf's, too). Even at 3 pm we were scoring heli-quality untracked runs.
We wrapped up with a run down through North Rustler to finish off the day at 3:45. My legs had nothing left in them -- my mind would issue commands, and my legs would scream, "Screw you!"
I shot nothing but video today, and I doubt that I'll be able to complete the editing tonight. Hopefully Sharon will add some of the stills she took until I can finish up the video.
Best day of the year so far.
With a 35-inch storm total, I have no word but "Wow!" The last day/night of the storm was the cold-and-dry that we powder princesses are accustomed to around here, topping up the denser weekend snow underneath. I decided at the last minute to cash in a vacation day and join Sharon, Pam and Skidog at Alta.
With snow falling throughout the weekend, the locals didn't show up in their usual hordes, either. About every 5th or 6th chair on Wildcat had a body in it for the first hour, although the folks stacked up three minutes deep for Collins eventually figured it out. By that time, though, we were ready to move on.
Where to? Greeley Hill. The young guns typically overlook those lines, and they did today, too. Untracked so good that we had to go back and do it again.
By this point Supreme had opened, so we headed out to Catherine's. Two Catherine's/Patsy Marley laps before lunch, and one after lunch with a couple visiting from Mammoth that we met over lunch (bumped into Tirolerpeter at Alf's, too). Even at 3 pm we were scoring heli-quality untracked runs.
We wrapped up with a run down through North Rustler to finish off the day at 3:45. My legs had nothing left in them -- my mind would issue commands, and my legs would scream, "Screw you!"
I shot nothing but video today, and I doubt that I'll be able to complete the editing tonight. Hopefully Sharon will add some of the stills she took until I can finish up the video.
Best day of the year so far.
