The ski area got a load of heavy, wet snow overnight Monday and the skiing is notably improved in that the rocks and mud are now buried. This seems like a good thing. To me.
Peter and Philip Ayers got a jump on the grooming starting this afternoon (Tuesday). Bauer Loop is groomed and ought to be in nice shape come Wednesday morning. Rush and the Road to the top got machine packed but are not yet groomed. Groomer John says he's planning on being up there about 8:30 AM Wednesday, so there could be some righteous skating on portions of the upper terrain by mid-to-late morning. The upper reaches of the area received closer to 10 inches out of the storm, as opposed to about 6 at the parking lot.
When I say Bauer is groomed, I should clarify. The "Mad Max" section through the smoldering slash heaps is not groomed and will not be groomed until we get a bunch more snow. The fire melted the snow completely off the track. The overall effect is kind of "sci-fi." You can ski around the melt-out, if you are interested.
Sad to say, the weather forecast is not promising, ergo, neither is the poultry prognostication. We should squeak a few more days out of this with the new snow, but we're in for more warm, sunny stuff. If you detect an undertone of whine, you are mighty perceptive. This teasing is tiring. Get it while it's (sort of) good. No snow in the forecast. No time to waste...
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