A Soggy Day

Hello Skiers,

Yesterday the sun was shining and the mountain looked delicious. This morning the winds were blowing and clear water was dropping out of the sky. It was a dreary morning, to say the least, especially after such a beautiful day on Friday. Skiers who grew up in Oregon or Washington do not seem to mind the wet weather.

Not wanting to be called a fair weather skier, I geared up along with a couple of friends and headed out to check conditions on the hill. It was no surprise to find that my gloves and rear end acted as if they were sponges in short order.

What we found were a few groomed areas that skied quite nicely and off piste that was terrible. My opinion of course. Off piste I found a few inches of very wet heavy snow that might have been acceptable to snow boarders but nasty for skiers. It was the kind of snow that does not want let one turn, at least not easily.

We took a couple of runs on Roundhouse which closed down shortly thereafter due to high winds and one on Treeline. I decided that was enough and headed back to the locker room.

The hope was for rain to turn to snow later in the morning which was the forecast. I did just see a car or two leaving Alpine with a dusting of snow on them. Perhaps tomorrow will be a little drier.