Soft snow, warm temperatures, corn texture, spring skiing, simple, but alas, not to be. I went Thursday, April 15th, and my first run down skidder found crisp, not so forgiving snow and ice underneath. The more the trail had been skied, the better the chance of turnable snow. This is wedge, not too bad. I found my bliss underneath the chairlift. The key is sun and traffic, to turn the snow over and give enough resistance to fascilitate control.
There are a few more obstacles, rocks, bare ground, narrow transitions, and I mean narrow. Try turning 3 times on a 3 foot path, on moguls, with trees on one side and bare ground on the other. Still, once this little feat had been accomplished, it was clear skiing on big fat soft bumps. Gorgeous!
The end is near, the dirt is showing more and more and raggae weekend can not help.
Scott and I are probably going to brave the cold and hung over revelers on Sunday and hunt for the best snow, the most lift in the turns.
