I heard avy bomb after avy bomb all morning and wondered, is the snow actually going to be good today? Sibo, Headwall, and Granite were all closed. Most of the upper mountain was fairly windy, apparently too much so to open these lifts. We were pretty surprised by the snow though. Spent a good portion of the morning lapping Rainbow Bowl which was yielding super creamy wind buff pow. You sunk in about 4 or 5 inches and it was super fast. Not the kind of pow you dream about, but it was a lot more fun then I had expected. After taking a lap down Tower 16 (great up top, scoured at the bottom) the Funi slowed to about 1/3 its normal speed due to the winds. We decided to stick to KT instead of sit on the Funi for a half hour to get to Silverado. (UPDATE: Funi closed early afternoon due to winds)
KT was where it was at today though. Enchanted Forest was almost untouched in spots, and the snow held up surprisingly well. A short traverse past Enchanted towards Adrenaline and the Sisters yielded completely untouched snow. Â After a few laps a few more people noticed and we saw people hiking up towards C2. I’m sure the snow in there was blown in nicely, and should yield some pretty good turns tomorrow. Especially after the snow moving into the valley right now.