Hiked up today, a couple of laps on the "footwall", which is holding up beautifully, all the way up to just above the lip at the top. The dogleg to skiers left is a little more pronounced but the connection is still wide and thick. The headwall at the top is still large but the flatter middle section is toast. The bumps aren't quite as pronounced having been flattened a bit by warmth and/or rain but the zipper lines are still clear.
They've closed with conditions like this but just barely, though ironically the bottom pitch is actually in *better* shape than most closings! I'm not saying they should be open now, but that extra week was a no brainer, or brainer as the case may be (and trying to spin the earlier closing as some sort of gift doesn't fly). I saw one other skier and he said he'd seen a couple of others earlier. It'll be great through this weekend and likely well beyond but be sure to take some bugspray (luckily I did) as the gnat/blackflies are swarming !!
They've closed with conditions like this but just barely, though ironically the bottom pitch is actually in *better* shape than most closings! I'm not saying they should be open now, but that extra week was a no brainer, or brainer as the case may be (and trying to spin the earlier closing as some sort of gift doesn't fly). I saw one other skier and he said he'd seen a couple of others earlier. It'll be great through this weekend and likely well beyond but be sure to take some bugspray (luckily I did) as the gnat/blackflies are swarming !!
