Today was one of the best if not the best mornings I have ever had. I awoke to 3-4" of fresh snow at my home at 5:30 am and wasn't particularly excited about first tracks in the Lincoln Limo, but since people had signed up I made my way to the mountain. Patrol had just come down when I arrived and reported 8" at the base and 16" up top, so the excitement built. When we got to the top of North Lynx at 7:15am we made Birch our first run. It was immediately apparent that the powder we were skiing was deeper than 16". You had to breath through your nose to keep from drowning. The powder was deep and light, and I do not recall skiing in anything nicer. On my first run down Castlerock and then Lower Castlerock, I measured with my own ski pole, and it was 24" deep, and I found spots around the mountain where it was up to my upper thighs. One great morning, and we are expecting another 12-15" starting tomorrow morning and lasting into Monday am.
I am going to vote that today was the best morning that I can remember anywhere. (But I only started skiing regularly at age 35).
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