Today was a bit of an odd one on the ski hill. The report came in at Beaver Creek of a couple of inches new, and Vail reported 12 inches new. So many of us hopped out of the sack early, geared up and charged over to Vail to see what was up. Twelve inches sure sounded intriguing. While driving into Vail I noticed virtually no new snow on the ground and no snow on the trees up on the ski hill. Once negotiating up the hill via the Gondola, as chair 8 was down, it was clear it would be an interesting day. This pic below was typical of 95% of the hill. Hellish wind blown two inches on top of exposed frozen bump tops awaited us all. There were a couple of turns on the mountain that were soft and two inches deep, but the rest was a rodeo. The decision to leave and head to the Beav was an easy one, especially since I was under two hours in the Vail parking structure, winning.
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