Ullr!!! What have we done to deserve this torture?
Mitch, Jared and I gave it a go on Saturday and decided promptly, for the first time in months, one lap was more than enough. Still, skiing is skiing and we dove in!
The north facing chutes we skied were rock hard, unbreakable wind slab. Â The only soft snow was for about 30 ft. near the bottom.
Wind scoured on all aspects. South facing slopes had a hard but breakable crust over two ft. of facets
Yes, it was a crapshoot of a day. Â It’s going to take some snow to get Hatcher back in shape. Â It was near 45 up at the Independence lot on Friday. Â At the time of this writing the Marmot Station was reporting a temp of 27.3 F. Â It seems like a springtime snowpack, with weekend temps above freezing for near 24 hours.Â
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Only problem is…our springtime snowpack has no snow.
No significant weather to talk about at this time. It’s going to be warm for a few more days, with possibly some showers mixed with snow. Turnagin got the opposite effect of over 7 ft of snow with rain mixed in. The reports were an oddly unenthusiastic description of warm oatmeal riding. At least the sun was out.
