Montezuma Bowl

Bluebird day with soft snow back in Zuma. 7" in 48 hours. Very nice turns in Durrance, Northern Spy, and Independence. Coverage is extraordinary. I like it back there.

Friday's Powder Day

Here are some photos taken by Patrick O'Sullivan last Friday. We reported 6" new. Looks like it was pretty good.

Daylight Savings and Extended Season

I don't think we will change our hours for Daylight Savings Time. There are obviously some advantages, but changing the hours really confuses people. We last changed our hours about 8-10 years ago and some people still get confused. I think consistancy is pretty important on this issue. Let's keep it clear and simple for everyone.

Extended season.......................HMMMMM. We just have to wait and see.

Favorite Photos

These are some of my favorite photos the last two weeks including the top photo of The Little Professor across the highway.

AHHHH......March Days

Oh Geez. 3" New. Intermittent snow showers through the morning. Mostly sunny afternnoon. 27 degrees in the base area. Not a bad day to be out there making turns.

Another Great Powder Day

5" new this morning. Had a great morning of skiing. The sun popped out after a couple of hours. Had excellent runs on The Spine, Standard, Gentry, The Knolls, High Noon, Sundance, Northern Spy, and Groswold. The ski patrol opened the East Wall including hiking in North Pole and Willie's Wide. It just keeps getting better.

This morning we had 5-person teams from 14 Colorado fire departments doing a "Hose Race" on High Noon. Pretty cool. Looks like the last guy on the hose has a fairly tough job.

This afternoon and Saturday the forecast looks for mostly sunny skies and temperatures around 30 F. Nearly perfect ski conditions and weather. Looks like the next big storm is heading our way Sunday.

21 Feet of Snow

OK Snow Nerds. Here are the numbers. 252 inches (21 feet) of snow year to date. Year to date snowfall is 123% of average. 62 inches of snow in February. Average February snowfall is 43 inches. 70 inch base today. Two snowiest months of the year? March and April. Best spring skiing anywhere? A-Basin.

What A Day

Check out this great photo by Tim Gormley.

Just a a beautiful day with lots going on. Sunny all morning with clouds moving in late. It is snowing heavily now, Sunday night.

The East Wall opened mid-morning following the 20" storm. I was one of the first hikers up North Pole. Great powder skiing all the way down. Slid out the traverse and found more untracked skiing under Birthday Chute.

We had over 100 7-13 year olds skiing a Devo Freestyle Dual Moguls event on Lower International. Very cool. Lots of great skiing and jumping. Those kids define how fun skiing can be. The highlight of the event for me was the forerunners competing head to head. The skiers were Rex Wehrman and Justin Henceroth. Despite using big fat powder skis, those two can still turn it on and love to compete.