It snowed all day Sunday but with temps at 36 not much was sticking so only about 5" accumulated. The temps dropped into the low teens last night with very strong winds which dried out the snow and blew it around so instead of the expected ice today we had surprising excellent surface conditions. There were more clouds than sun but the winds were howling at 20-30 mph with higher gusts and temps only 19-21 so the quad speed was cut down to only 65%. It was very cold but skiing was very sweet (except the west which was very wind blown & not worth it) due excellent grooming and fresh powder blowing all over the place. The moisture from yesterday's snow softened the base so there was no ice under the surface snow - skiing was silent as opposed to the usual noisy scraping sound. Cliff & Hgate to Racer's or Ike / Gunhill was primo and the eastside trails were also quite nice down thru Kennedy. It will be a cold windy week so the base will be preserved. I saw snowmakers today hauling hoses down the mtn so do not expect much if any new snow from guns this season.....signs of spring I guess.

Ski ya,

Jon