Day 5 | fifty two inches in seven days

Monday night it snowed 24 inches overnight.  Everyone was stoked to ski or board on Tuesday.  Unfortunately, such high snowfall calls for heavy (and time consuming) avalanche control.  I was meeting  Chris and Izayah in the village at 10am and my plan was to sneak in a couple of powder runs beforehand.  Unfortunately, uploading didn't start until 9:40am and by that time, the line for the village gondola went down past the Crystal Lodge!!!

After waiting around for a couple of hours, the guys and I decided to ride today instead of yesterday.  And today was sweet!  Another 8 inches fell overnight and the snow was light and fluffy.  We spent the day on the greens, with Izayah getting good enough to start hitting side hits and trying to jump.  Chris picked up his turning and was able to ride the chair (he's terrified of heights).

There was a ton of snow out there, especially for the groomers.  We did three good runs down Ego Bowl before we headed in for a water break.  Chris was getting tired fast.  We took another couple of runs after a half hour break and then it was time for lunch.  After lunch, Chris made the right decision to call it a day and download while Izayah and I snowboarded down to mid-station and downloaded from there.

Even though we stayed on Ego Bowl most of the day, I had such a fun time.  I was super excited that Chris was able to pick it up enough so he could take Izayah on his own now.  The snow was amazing and there was so much of it.  I'm glad we took yesterday off and went today instead.  It was a good time.