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Did five runs so far. Taking a safety break in the woods in the Beavers area. Pretty low key uncrowded day. Groomers are 8 out of 10 eastern groomers..firm and fast..off trail is ok for small sections like to get stoned and piss not good for full runs. I think the breaks of sun will corn up the groomers off trail I don’t know how well the sun will penetrate the bulletproof.

zuma may not have corned up, but I promise you parts of Pali and North Pole are still wintery, chalky snow. I was just there Sunday and skied powder on the gullies and east wall with my kid You are in Colorado, and need to play the aspect game this time of year. I am a Loveland guy on convenience and lack of crowds, but the terrain doesn't hold a candle to the basin. Especially now with the steep gullies in bounds.

April 16 2019 Day 1 of 6. Hey All, I’m back from a fun day at Abasin. Arrived at the Early riser lot around 910am and it was super empty I parked in about the 8th row. Getting ticket from barcode on my phone was easy peazy skiing and Bloody Mary for $69. I was on the Black mountain express by about 930..and first skied Sundance which is actually a green as a warmup because it had a ton more fresh cord than the adjacent blue and I wanted to ski a quick run before the two lift slog to the top..skied Powerline which is one of my favorites twice..was nice cord very grippy as I said earlier 8 out of 10 east coast cord. Made my way over the the new beavers lift and skied the far left blue trail that had a warning that said this is their steepest blue..wow visions of Hunter North were in my brain for good reason as I had read that some lower internediates were getting in over their head in the new steep terrain. The snow off trail was rough so only went in the woods to make yellow snow and be safe. After I exited the woods there was a lady skier real solid probably like a type 3 minus and a guy skiing with her all over the place. I decided to give them a little time to get going more so I would have a clear run. Well I caught up to them alright the guy had slid almost in the woods and both skis were on and I handed him a poll..the bottom half of that run was stair step terrain and steep with a big Whoa Zone type fence so people have to go through the narrow center. I’m sure there are enough bloopers on that area to make an episode of America’s funniest home videos. By the time I was back on the new Beavers lift I was sweating woo..didn’t really cool off till near the top when it was windy and cloudy. Then skied powerline down to the mid mountain lodge. Had a Bloody Mary and $1 coors light 8 ounce can then had an ipa and soft pretzel. Pretzel was good I didn’t have much food earlier free breakfast at days inn does have hard boiled eggs which I like with some @saltyant high sodium day..cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Ended up talking to guy sitting next next to me at bar when I had like half my beer left I said I was gonna take a safety break and he said he’d show me a smoke shack. I didn’t go inside the shack but others were posted up in there..I was warned of traverse by a South Carolina raised snowboarder it was not much maybe 8 whoopdees..then I did three runs with snowboarder..it was the best conditions and light of the day and I really just stuck to the fall line on a combination of groomed and ungroomed also amazing skiing some nice lines that were solid 3 hours earlier. Peaced out of Abasin around 112 stopped at the Noodles and company and they’re closed for renovation so went to cheeba hunt got French dip sandwich and Arnold Palmer. Everything is weed themed in there sizes of sandwiches are Nug, Pinner and Blunt. Sandwich ok Quiznos level if Ski2Live knew what I paid for it he’d probably say a fool and his money. It was a fun day a bit of commaraderie in row 8 at Abasin..was able to ski back to within 8 cars of my rental. The picture of the snowboarder is during about a three run window whe. The snow was just perfect and the light was as well then light got flat..

Smoke shack and my new riding buddy Eric from Charlestown SC at the bottom of I believe dragon. In the woods now taking a piss. Winding down. The light got really flat.

Bottom of beavers is steel. Skied powerline in nice cord a second time.

TFTI!

Got to lay down some lines this morning for the first time this season! Getting excited for warmer weather and sun!

Could be worse. From today...

Make sure wallyworld is open...I’d rather ski sugarbush late season than killington snowball to spring fling is a great wide open north facing spring run.

Needs window washing services.

I'll be laying down the first lines of the year this evening after work.

Hike the north pole and drop into first notch or north pole. SHould still be cold winter snow up there. Hit up the steep gullies (SG1 has a traverse out to Pali about 2/3 of the way down so you dont have to hike out). Zuma cornice should be about good to go by now (corn) A-Basin rocks my socks. So glad they are off epic next year.

Good! I see you also ordered some salt with a side of pretzel.

Thanks and I finally had a beer. Local IPA has some earth tones and notes of cerebral intensity.

Things are definitely getting greener outside. Good start to spring so far.

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Shot at 6-10" overnight at Jay. Heading up there in the AM, Wed as well. Law school buddy and his daughter are coming in for a few days. She's visiting UVM and we'll get a chance to ski some deepness. Snowing here at the house. Mercy!!!!

Had an alumni soccer game yesterday. About 35 guys came back to play the current college team. Ya old goals had them 1-0, but when the more recent grads went in they gave up 3 goals. All good because we got to enjoy plenty of beers while they blew it. And now I’m super sore today.

Hahaha yeah well I removed most of the salt. Just ate like 7 weed gummies. Report to come soon. Getting settled in.