It was a warm morning, so I skied with the top down and it was a pleasure to dispense with the hat for the first time of the season. The pack had frozen up solid overnight and it was going to take a bit for it to begin to break. White Diamonds and Lower Silver Dipper were beautifully prepared, offering smooth corduroy that let you dial in what ever approach to the fall line you cared to take. Lewis and Clark was also fast and fun with some very nice tenderizing to make the turning a bit more dialable. The front of the hill was going to take a fair while to break, and tenderizing efforts had been performed there as well.
The hill began to break around 11:30 AM on the front of the hill with Regulator waiting until after Noon to break. Mark Malu was offering some still dry chalk up high, but it morphed lower down as the Sun exposed aspects came into play. Tomorrow, look for another warm day, but I think that freeze will still be happening with the residual cold still in the snow. I think the break will happen faster. Be cautious of the South facing aspects in the AM. I saw some folks plying a due South face on upper Mineral Basin and it looked really difficult for them. A word to the wise. I’ll be taking the day off, so dial up some fun rippers for me. Stay Frosty!!