soft snow

I felt like we were getting back into the groove on Sunday.  No new snow overnight, but still up and at 'em and on to Alta.  We even remembered to bring our lunch backpack this time!  We hadn't counted on being stuck for an hour on the canyon road while the police and fire and rescue cleared an accident, so we got up there a little later than planned.  But it wasn't crowded and although there were high, thin clouds that increased during the day, it was really warm (I overdressed).

Per usual we scooted back over to Supreme and I was pleased to discover that I felt better and was skiing better (not well, but better than the day before).  We did Catherine's a couple of times, finding a newly opened gate and untracked snow in and around Sunset, So Long and the Back Forty.  No. 9 Express was also holding up pretty well as was the White Squaw Area.  We even had a brief encounter with Supreme's resident porcupine who was trundling unconcernedly up one of the groomed run-outs, completely ignoring the paparazzi skiers.

No swimming at Cecret Lake!

The best runs we had were once again off the Sugarloaf chair: down Razor Back to Cecret Lake, then down the switchbacks that you hike up to the lake in the summer, and then through the trees below Devil's Elbow.  Super-soft snow and plenty of it.  Not that we don't need more, of course.  There's a little storm system moving in early this coming week that might bring a little bit, but what we really need are some big dumpers.  This weekend was a pretty good one but there's a ton of terrain that's still closed because of all the rocks.  Come on, Mother Nature, help us out!