Rime in the snow

Rime in the snow

It is a blizzard. Snow started early in the morning. By 2:00 PM, about a foot of new snow has accumulated at the inn with heavy snow falling at a rate of 2 to 4 inches an hour.

I went up to the mountain this morning to take a few turns. At 9:00 AM the mountain had received 6 inches with heavy drifting over 2 feet in places. Today was definitely a powder day. I had my wide skis on. They just float through the snow. Howie and I stayed out until around 11:00, by which time many of the trails were getting chopped up. Also, the K1 gondola was experiencing wind delays. We experienced blizzard conditions on North Ridge with very high winds and blowing and drifting snow. We felt it was getting a little dangerous, so we headed out. What was interesting was that at the K1 base lodge, although there was heavy snow falling, there was virtually no wind.

Birch Ridge covered in snow

The inn at this point is buried in snow. When I returned, I was outside about 2 hours doing my snow blowing chores. I will be returning outside right after posting this blog to resume. This is one of those storms where the snow is coming down so hard, you almost need to stay outside to move it away it is accumulating so fast. But, we are at a ski resort so.... Let it Snow!