Date: 02/04/01
Days: 1
Resort: Mtn. High
Hours: Day
Equipment: Alpine
Rating: 7
Primary-Surface: Granular
Secondary-Surfaces: Hardpack, Slush, Thin
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Ability: Expert
E-mail: crockeraf@aol.com
Loved: Good coverage, most snow surfaces
Hated: off-piste crud, the usual zoo at base of West
Closed: None, but a few thin
Liftline-Waits: 5-10 min Blue Ridge, <5 min elsewhere
Moguls: ok on Olympic, good on Vertigo, is Gunslinger groomed now?

The snow surface was quite good for a day this warm (T-shirt skiing after lunch). It froze overnight and the East was very good from 9AM until we switched sides at 12:30. Wildcard didn't have a park, but did have gates set up about like a Super G: an excellent high speed cruise. I skied Pioneer (the steep and narrow liftline of the chair they removed at East) for the first time in about 15 years, and most of Olympic is well covered also. Afternoon conditions at West were similarly good except for the slop in the Blue Ridge liftline. All marked runs on West have good coverage except for the natural runs off Inferno Ridge, which are still skiable but have large dirt patches which will likely block the runs soon if this weather continues. I skied OB from West back to my car at East at 4PM and the off-trail snow is unconsolidated crud: not worth the effort. Ungroomed areas runs with bumps or skier-packed surfaces are fine, though.