Wednesday morning dawned clear and quite cold, however, not nearly as cutting as yesterday, but brisk none the less.  The Contest venue was West Baldy so that area was out of play, but no matter there was powder aplenty when the Sunday Cliffs and Little Cloud opened with very Righteous pow for the seekers.  The wind had spared these areas the brutal beating other areas had been subjected to and that spelled goodness top to bottom.  Yummm!!!  Thunder Bowl opened later in the day and was, also, scrumptulescent.  Bumps had been averaged out and did not pose any problems.  The continued cold temps, through out the day, kept all aspects, which  I checked out, in full effect.  I took a recon run out to look at direct south facing and only the very surface was coping a bit of crust so tomorrow there will be a bit of zipper crust  there.  Most exposures have been fully skied out, but they remain good to go with a bit more speed and persuasion.  Overall the large bumps have been mitigated so the hill is prepped for blasting.  The Tram sported walk ons all day, which was great for vertical accumulation.  Once again the cat crew worked their magic giving the “Aunt Jemima” treatment – soft and flat as a pancake-to a rare and steep lower mountain flume.  This shot stayed good all day and will have good workability in the AM.  Look for other excellent groomage to warm up on in the morning and be there early to take advantage of the light traffic and race ready corduroy.  There is nothing like setting and edge and hanging it out:  NO?!  Gots to be gone bye bye!!

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