steamboat feb 11

[Ron]

http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/91861/steamboat-feb-11

[Gary]

Hey Gang....we've been very fortunate with snow conditions...findin g pockets of snow in the trees and open glades. THe trails have had great talcom powder snow 1/2 inch to like 2 inches yesterday making for great fun turns... and soft large bumps.....and the crowds have been really down.

So much terrain to explore, Steamboat has something for everyone. Ron is rippn in the deep steep dark trees..me I prefer the open glades where I can link 100 yds of turns. Had a blast rippn' some broken snow runs end of day with the 78's....LOVED that...Lots of bumps in the trees and glades so my bump game has so improved. ...yup....more of John Clendenin "ski in the future" has really seeded itself in me. Now becoming part of every turn erverywhere.

Today is our last day at Steamboat and we had more snow overnight maybe 2-3 inches. Should be a fun day out there....Yesterday was a bit weird with clouds that covered most of the mountain, visability sucked.. but in the glades and trees you had more clariity. Lower mountain was much clearer for rippn turns in the soft snow...wahooo...swe et! Today it doesn't look so clouded in.....hope not...so much more to explore.

Hope you all are enjoing your season thus far...best, G

[Ron]

FEB 12....? Well we got a good 3-4 yesterday with 1-2 inches predicted last night, well, if you look at the site today it reads 2" for sure but if you were up on the mountain about 9:30, there was a good 4-6", by noon a good 8" and with the past few days of a few inches, knee to mid thigh shots were to be found. It was in the top 3 days of this season for powder for sure. Off the back of Sunshine into Morningside was holding big time, steepish pines,? off the side of Sun dial, it drops down with a few nice rock drops and a decent headwall, it was holding some of the deepest of the day. The trees in wally world are mellow but were so sweet today, consistent boot high lines with blue pitch equal mindless wedeling through beautiful aspens and pines. Effortless and awesome.?

Quote of the day heard in the Rendevous lodge by gaper bob-- "conditions are tough out there, there's too much snow"... ?