Day 91 - forced to use Fresh Tracks

We still had three more sets of Fresh Tracks tickets that we needed to use before April 7th so we decided to have early breakfast this morning.  Only 7cm was recorded overnight and the fresh snow was not why everyone was standing in line.  I saw a few Ski School peeps who needed to start using some Fresh Track tickets as well.  We reached the Village around 7am and the coral wasn't close to being full.  We met up with Tim and Rochelle, ate a hearty brekky and hit the slopes around 8:30am.

The first drop off Whiskey Jack into Ego Bowl was fresh.  There was a decent amount of snow but it was chunky, wind blown snow.  It didn't take the long for the nice corduroy groomer to become icy as well.  Rochelle didn't stay too long, just for the warm up run so the three of us decided to head down to Red Chair.  The Peak wasn't open yet and it was probably going to be a couple of hours before they cracked that chair.  The snow just on the side of the Roundhouse was still fresh, but again, quite hard and chunky.  At least it wasn't wet and heavy.  Peak still wasn't open by the time we reached the top of Red so we headed towards the lake and next to Franz's run.  The snow report there was the same.

Irish bailed after that second lap so Tim and I decided to wait in line for the Peak Chair to open.  We reached the queue, which was to the back of the rope lines, at 10am and we were on chair at 10:20am.  The visibility at the top of the chair was non existent.  We dropped into the bowl and headed towards Doom & Gloom/Frog Hollow area.  At least I can say the snow was a bit softer up there, even as we traversed through the avalanche debris.  But once we hit Doom & Gloom, a thin layer of icy crust covered the non touched terrain.  It looked awesome but that icy crust made it hard to turn your board.  Luckily, when you're laying fresh tracks, there isn't much turning involved.

We didn't try our luck through VD Trees as I felt it would have been quite crusty in there so we headed towards Highway 86 where I bailed and headed home.  I'm pretty sure Tim stayed for a few more runs.