schubwa
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Well, we're still hanging in there despite our somewhat warm and dry winter so far. We have almost 100" mid-mountain so that is not too shabby. The last few days were stormy with the snow level hovering right around the base area at 6300'. It looked pretty crowded as well but I was home, still recovering from a severe chest cold I caught right after racing last Saturday.
I jumped on it today, not wanting to miss the top opening. It opened right at 9:00, I'm shocked to see it open right at the crack of opening. But they are on top of it this year! The Cirque Bowls looked especially fine so I skipped my normal straight-to-the-back routine. Not many people here today, they must have got sick of the low clouds and piss and left.
Here is my first line today, just to the skier's right of the shadow in the middle of the pic. My second run I went to the left. Good creamy powder turning into fast wind pack lower in the bowls. Beautiful day!
Another view of the Pinnacles before I shove off and make some turns.
After you get off the Summit Chair you can take a short hike to access the north facing bowls off the true summit of Mt Bachelor. Here is what the hike looked like today.
So I took three runs off the front and so it was time to go off the back. I thought it would be just OK back there due to the recent storms and snow levels. Boy, was I wrong! It was still great but I must have missed some excellent opportunities to score wide open freshies all the way to the catch line this morning. Aaarrggghhhh!
Well, there is still plenty of soft snow. I took three more runs back here and decided to go and get some rest. I should be back to full health in a few days.
I jumped on it today, not wanting to miss the top opening. It opened right at 9:00, I'm shocked to see it open right at the crack of opening. But they are on top of it this year! The Cirque Bowls looked especially fine so I skipped my normal straight-to-the-back routine. Not many people here today, they must have got sick of the low clouds and piss and left.
Here is my first line today, just to the skier's right of the shadow in the middle of the pic. My second run I went to the left. Good creamy powder turning into fast wind pack lower in the bowls. Beautiful day!
Another view of the Pinnacles before I shove off and make some turns.
After you get off the Summit Chair you can take a short hike to access the north facing bowls off the true summit of Mt Bachelor. Here is what the hike looked like today.
So I took three runs off the front and so it was time to go off the back. I thought it would be just OK back there due to the recent storms and snow levels. Boy, was I wrong! It was still great but I must have missed some excellent opportunities to score wide open freshies all the way to the catch line this morning. Aaarrggghhhh!
Well, there is still plenty of soft snow. I took three more runs back here and decided to go and get some rest. I should be back to full health in a few days.
