It seems I’m always apologizing for living in the past. Â Between $DAYJOB and a double equipment failure (boot and binding this time!) I wasn’t able to ski over the weekend or Monday. Â I’ll try to stop slacking and get a little more on top of letting you know how it is in the now.
On the topic of last weekend’s storm, it wasn’t great, but it turned out a lot better than I thought. Â There was snow, rain, snow again, and everything in between. Â Sugar claimed 24 inches, which might be a total added over several days at the peak, but realistically, there was about a food of new ski-able snow on top. Â Bottomless or super-light, no, but pretty freaking amazing nonetheless.
Friday was closed as the storm came in with super high winds. Â Saturday was pretty heavy. Â There’s a reason they call it Sierra cement. Â I was able to take one run down Lincoln before a bolt sheared off in my boot and ended my day.
Word is that Sunday and Monday were pretty decent. Â On Tuesday Sugar re-opened Disney and I was finally able to make it out again. Â Still not sure why it was closed, but it was a real treat to get out there and make fresh lift-served turns on a weekday a few days after the storm, that’s for sure. Â No Crow’s lift, but — even better, lots of fresh terrain over there and barely anyone skiing it. Â Almost like the old days!
Coverage wise it was really amazing what a small amount of snow can do. Â All of the troublesome thin spots were gone, and off-piste lines I hadn’t skiied in weeks were do-able again. Â There was proper ski-up cave access again. Â You could get out to Roller or Sugar Bowl and not worry about picking your way back. Â Well, unless you were a snowboarder.
Unfortunately with solid suns in the forecast and the holiday weekend, I don’t think it will last very long. Â I’m going to get it while I can!
Finally, I’ve also been slacking on the pictures, but here’ s a taste of what you missed (or not!) on Tuesday:
– John S.
