Groomer Day on Feb 12

Bob Conlon of Chicago came to town and we went to Crystal.  I'd give it a 5 with hard pack and fog the main features.  Oh we went fast, and we had one run in Paradise Bowl which indicated there was nice snow on north slopes, but overall, it was good to get to lunch and then the Elk.  Hope he comes back for the good stuff some day.  It's a nice way to spend time with work colleagues.

The Kids for the weekend of Jan 21.

Awesome time with the kids.  Julia, Drew and Alice.  Really good day of sun and powder and all that makes us love at Crystal.
Julia and I had a good one at Alpental too the following day.  Julia's 35th birthday celebration weekend was one to remember.

FEBRUARY 7, Enough Powder on Crust makes for a big day.

Jeff Fiorini and I planned on taking advantage of the old cold snow day for over a week and were happily surprised to have Dan Ogborn and Hershal Pharms join us.  When we found long time friend Peter Giese in line, we were set.
High 20's, 7" in 2 days, but we found far more than that when we went looking.  Intermittent clouds and fog.  Reasonable, not great light.
Surprisingly we found good snow on the eastern and northern aspects.  A few runs in the main area, and then on to Northway which turned out to be very good.  We made or normal runs , headed down Sally's Meadow and down. I got stuck on a cliff face and had to walk out just to the right of the Northway chair.  Had the sense, or the lack of balls, and turned around to find a way that didn't read and look say "Cliff".  Last run down the Niagaras to Lunch at the Elk was really good.  A few after lunch in the building fog, with the last run down the shoulder off of 6, which was CRUNCHY.  We were happy to end it and gave it a 7 to an 8 .  There were some 9's in there, but too many 4's to get a big rating, but man, it was still good.