Per this afternoon's snow report:
With that, I'm guessing Friday what we won't have is Sunny D, including the park. If it's a "soft" opening, it just very well may be GMX and Summit and possibly North Ridge. Saturday, it's looking like everything will be open. 100% is the plan. I'm guessing conditions will be pretty sweet over at Ellen.
But forget Ellen for the moment: conditions continue to be pretty sweet at Lincoln. For those who were out today, if you didn't make it to Heaven's Gate, you were missing out. It was like 3 different mountain weather zones out there: cold on the lower half, mid mountain had some fog, and the upper 2/3 of Heaven's Gate was basking in 40 degrees of an inversion, under a bluebird sky and soft snow. The conditions on Ripcord were sublime. I also found Upper OG and Spills to be VERY enjoyable as well. Worst visibility I found was over on the Valley House side. Snowball was like riding through the fog. But very enjoyable.
I've never seen a non-holiday weekday with so many people taking pics at the top of Heaven's Gate. I'll post one a bit later on, but it was quite the view, with the mountain peaks poking out beneath a sea of clouds and fog.
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