My apologies ...

**atkinson** · 12-21-2008, 08:02 PM

... if you weren't here today.

Treeskier at Lincoln Peak.

Some guy I know contends we don't get powder like in Utah.

John

**Last Tracks** · 12-21-2008, 08:48 PM

I haven't skied deep light fluff like today in years on the East Coast. It got better all day.

Conditions are amazing.

**Treeskier** · 12-21-2008, 08:54 PM

I am always taking pictures but have very few of me. Thanks John!

If you're not here now COME NOW!

100% to be open tomorrow!

**atkinson** · 12-21-2008, 09:22 PM

If you haven't skied powder like this in years, you missed a lot of great days. The snow is sweet, but we get this kind of stuff pretty much every season at some point.

John

**Lostone** · 12-21-2008, 09:36 PM

I've heard rumors that there is snow in them thar hills.

**Last Tracks** · 12-21-2008, 10:04 PM

i ski a lot of days at the bush and it was pretty special skiing in the woods today. from eden to domino woods and everywhere in between.

thigh to chest deep and light as air.

**ski_resort_observer** · 12-21-2008, 10:06 PM

Sweet! Thanks for sharing them.

**Jester** · 12-21-2008, 10:29 PM

Please! Don't start comparing skiing in the east with skiing in Utah.

**atkinson** · 12-22-2008, 07:45 AM

I weasn't comparing the terrain, just the snow.

**gone.skiing** · 12-22-2008, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Jester

Please! Don't start comparing skiing in the east with skiing in Utah.

There is no need to be so insecure.

**Jester** · 12-22-2008, 11:24 AM

Neither the snow or the terrain can be compared.

**Tin Woodsman** · 12-22-2008, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Jester

Neither the snow or the terrain can be compared.

On powder days, which is what the original statement was making the comparison on, that's quite obviously false. If you're talking about snow over the course of the season, then sure.

**atkinson** · 12-22-2008, 08:42 PM

All I thought during every turn was how clearly inferior this snow was. Somehow I managed a smile.

What a day!

John

**jwt** · 12-22-2008, 09:12 PM

Maybe Jester would like to go out to Utah which so far ( until this week ) had little snow - the snow here this week was every bit as light as anything I've skied there or higher (CO - which has statistically lighter snow - just higher and less moisture content). But the REAL reason we love it here - and we DO GET IT from time to time - is that it is never taken for granted - so when we get it, we know it.

Picture being like one of my best friends, who moved there ( Park City ) in 1990 - sure he gets plenty of pow, and skis 45-75 days a year, but what he doesn't get anymore is the sharpening of skills because of the technical nature of eastern skiing. He had it, but by the time I and my other friends get him to 2 PM he has had it and we are still pounding.

Love the West - wouldn't want to live there - kinda like Californians with the weather stuff - ' gee it's 80 and sunny again and it's noon - I don't know whether to go to lunch or the beach - it's so hard to decide - they both end in 'ch'."

Last factor - everyone comes to see you once a year ( at least - this guy has an 11,000 s/f house too)but really - are we coming because we're best buds - and would we if you lived in say . . . .Kansas? I'm just being honest here.

The powder is appreciated here - expected there - they have no clue what to do with hard pack - they call it ice - we call it Vermont Powder.

I'll take the East and the obligatory trip or two each year out West. The last two years here have been great and who can forget '00/'01?

great pics JA, Thanks!