I hate to spend money on stuff that's not fun, tires, insurance, clothes washers, dosing tank pumps, etc...
Spending money on new skis, boots, trips, etc., well, that's a different spending altogether!
Might want to detune the tips & tails a little after having them "tuned" to prevent the slingshot effect of them grabbing.
Underfoot is where you want them sharp.
Chute is firm was an understatement. It was rock-solid with cat track trenches on skiers left near the top.
The bottom of Chute also choked down to a tight intersection with Midway and LMS which made for some spicy merges, carrying speed off Chute.
The edges of Paradise kept getting better as the day progressed and the snow was softening up nicely, but didn't quite reach hero by 11 or so when we called it quits.
Nowhere near as crowded as yesterday, so both Paradise and Burma didn't have near the load of sliders which made them treacherous yesterday around the same time.
We stopped to take a look at the top of Lazy and it sure didn't look like they had enough yet to open.
Looked like you could still see drainage ditch humps in the snow, but I guess we'll see...