On a sleeper Thursday morning, for the first time since 2019, the Palisades opened!!
A couple weeks back I recall a stranger on the chair wondering if the Palisades could open “without Darren Rahlves leading the charge”. Haha! OF COURSE our patrol can open the Palisades!
Not too many folks on the mountain but Team Unoff was representing! I’ve dropped Middle Palisade and West Palisade before, but First Palisade was new for me.
And just like that, the next storm moved in Thursday afternoon, visibility went in the toilet and the magical morning was over. I don’t know what the state of things will be post-cement, but I’d bet this wasn’t a one-and-done situation. The Palisades will hopefully be open again this amazing season…
