You really wouldn't want to have been skiing with us. The wind was blowing like crazy. The ridges protected us from the wind and then it wasn't so bad.
Only the bottom part of the resort was open, which means that lift tickets weren't full price yet.
The limited terrain meant that all the runs got skied out pretty quickly, but it was still fluffy and fantastic and there were always lines along the trees.
Coverage is still very thin and early season, so we often had to ski through bushes to get to runs that were less tracked out and then the powder was almost knee deep.
Because it snowed overnight and most of the morning, there were no groomed runs - so we skied powder all day.
The only break in the storm was about noon, when we saw a tiny bit of blue sky.
But after lunch it really started to blow and instead of snowflakes, it was like little hail pellets that really sting your nose - and really filled in the morning's tracks. Kind of like skiing on the little styrofoam balls from inside a bean bag.
Because of the storm, the temperature dropped and it got cold! And sent most of the skiers home early - it was like having our own resort after lunch.
Visibility was terrible away from the trees; it was often difficult to see the terrain changes because of the flat light. So we skied the edges near the trees and the snow was fluffy and forgiving and fun.
While riding the lift, we had to block our faces with our hands to protect from snow pellets and we got completely covered. By the end of the day, all the runs skied like freshies!
At the end of the day we were tired from skiing powder all day. And we had to scrape off six inches! of snow from the windshield and windows.
