snow day

It must be turning towards spring because I didn't have to wear my neoprene boot covers to keep my tootsies warm on Saturday.  Even though the sun didn't shine all day - and it even started to snow after lunch, a wet, heavy snow - temperatures were in the high 20s/low 30s at the peaks and high 30s at the base. 

It was not the best day ever.  Visibility was terrible as first the light was really flat, which meant that on almost every run you sort of took it on faith what you were skiing over, and then the cloud deck descended.  Conditions were not great either: the 22 inches from Monday night's storm were tracked out and melted down (sunny on Thursday and Friday) and then froze back up.  The groomers were fine, but anything ungroomed that got full sun earlier in the week was pretty rutted and crusty.  The snow in the trees was still pretty soft, however.

We skied for about four-ish hours, calling it quits when the snow starting falling heavier.  Since it was so warm, the snow was very wet and we just got soaked riding on the chairs.  Still, I find it difficult to complain when my feet never got cold - always try to look on the bright side!