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Just got back from one of the funnest night sessions ever at Camelback. There was lots of powder left from the storm, and this made all the runs more challenging but also more fun. Giant mogul fields formed on all the steeps, so I finally got to practice doing bump runs. For about 2 hours, my skiing was extremely good and I was making nice short radius turns around the moguls. By the end of the night, my legs started getting pretty tired due to aggressive carving, since I typically don't put much effort into skiing groomers. But powder skiing is completely different, and now I realize that after tonight. The best mogul runs were Marjie's and The Rocket, which had nice fluffy piles and a only a little bit of ice between moguls. Cliffhanger was also nice, but was really choppy on the run out, and there's a section that's completely dark so that was a little treacherous. Big Pocono and Uncle Will''s Way were pretty decent as well. Now The Hump was a completely different story. I tackled that steep near the end of the night, and it was literally 86% ice and 14% snow. I had to skid down ice from mogul to mogul to survive, but fortunately I emerged unscathed. I wish ski patrol would have warned me about the ice before I dropped in on that run. Overall it was definitely a great night of powder skiing, and I am so glad I had my trusty RTMs on, and 170 cm seemed to be the perfect length for the conditions. I'm going to request that Camelback leave some of the runs ungroomed so I can continue to practice moguls when I return on Saturday. I think that requesting slopes remain ungroomed is definitely a sign that I'm an expert now.