Needles Eye - with 12-18 inches of new snow...

Needles Eye - with 12-18 inches of new snow...

Not a bad day....

3 hours on the mountain with my powder skis. First run down Mouse Trap, first Run down Upper Royal Flush, first run down Bittersweet. Second chair on Superstar, first run down Needles Eye, in first half dozen down Cruise Control... First run down...oops can't talk about that one... Not a bad day at all.

Note the skier (a couple of pixels in the picture) on Needles Eye in the middle of the frame. It's Mary. She was trying to keep up with me on her powder skis, but augured into the deep snow on Needles. And yes, I did the right thing and waited for her at the lift!

It was a rather shaky start at the mountain this morning. With only a few lifts running, local knowledge came to play in search of fresh tracks. It started out with only the Snowdon Quad running. Then North Ridge, then North Brook, then the Canyon, then finally Superstar. By the time we left, the K1 was running, but it did not matter; the legs were shot from all of the movement around the mountain for untracked snow.

Mary and I were both on our powder skis. Mary does not usually go out on deep snow days, but she wanted to try today. She did well on trails with 2 to about 8 inches of new snow...but the deep stuff on Needles Eye was just too much. So it goes.

After Mary's departure, I did a couple of runs in the Superstar/Ovation area. Really deep and consistent snow down the sides allowed my powder skis to just float on the snow and run free. Just a super day with great skiing in store for the rest of the week.

....Let it snow! (but start thinking petunia!)