Day 93 - April is the new Winter

17cm of snow fell overnight and the snow base is 196cm.  The sun disappeared Thursday evening and the rain rolled in on Friday.  I only have four more days of work and Winter seems to have finally showed it's face.  Another 23cm of snow is forecasted to fall between Monday and Wednesday.  Weather today however was a mixed bag:  sun, clouds, snow, fog, and high winds.  It was even snowing in the Village around 4pm.  Kind of annoying since it's been so warm and sunny lately.

Because it was the last day of Club, a few of us Instructors dressed up in one'sies.  Riley let me borrow a kangaroo.  Only three out of my five Saturday Club kids came for the last day of riding.  Jack, Charlotte and Dylan were excited for a powder day.  We dropped into the powder off Whiskey Jack to Ego Bowl where we found it to be knee deep in spots.  On our second run, we headed into Green Acres.  By this time, Charlotte had to pee so we headed down to the CLC where the kids decided to call "early lunch" so we only got two runs in before lunch.  I was a bit disappointed in the team as I knew the snow was getting chopped up fast and we probably lost our chance to find any fresh tracks in the afternoon.

After lunch, Jack wanted to drop off Whiskey Jack again so we did that and then we headed to Harmony.  In Harmony, we ended up off the left side of Gun Barrels where the snow was really deep and really soft.  There were no fresh lines but the snow was still amazing and fun.  We then traversed into the Gun Barrel area and ended up having to skate a bit back to the chair.  By this time, the kids were exhausted, especially poor Jack who is only 6 years old and tiny.

Gunner had planned a snowboard group run from the Roundhouse around 1:30pm.  All of Snowboard Club took a run together down Ego Bowl to mid-station.  Between all the groms and Instructors dressed as animals, we were quite a sight.  And it was pretty fun.  We finished the day with a big group photo at the CLC and then downloaded the gondola to finish Saturday Club for the season.






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