Report #68 Details

Report-ID: 68
Submitted: 02/26/99 21:14:54
Host: ps2.pge.com
Date: 02/20/99
Days: 2
Resort: Squaw Valley USA
Hours: Day
Equipment: Snowboard
Rating: 9
Primary-Surface: Powder
Secondary-Surfaces: Packed powder
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Ability: Advanced
E-mail: bdg3@pge.com
Loved: Two FEET of Powder on Sunday - all to myself!!
Hated: All the crowds on Mt. Run on Saturday
Closed: Upper mountain partial closure both days - opened on Sunday
Liftline-Waits: 0-2 min
Moguls: some fairly uneven bumps as the powder got pushed around

Details:

So, I returned to Squaw on Saturday, for my first day back on the slopes since
the knee injury (after a 16-day hiatus).  Being the weekend after President's
Day, crowds were still really bad, especially due to some upper mountain
closures.  Despite the ant population on Mt. Run, I managed to ride it for a
few hours, without ever waiting in a line (Squaw One Express).	Still, the
thicket of beginners clogging every corner of the Mt. Run was a bit
distracting - and after a couple of hours, my knee started getting a little
tired - so I knocked off early.  "I've got three days to ride" I was telling
myself - and there was the promise of new snow for Sunday.
The snow on the lower mountain (especially where it had already been pushed
around) was a bit heavy - and there wasn't enough slope for how deep it was in
some spots (like Far East off of Resort).  At any rate, the snow continued to
fall - and just after noon, they opened the upper mountain!  There was NOBODY
up there - I think the storm discouraged some, and the rest never realized
that it opened.  The powder up here was so LIGHT and FLUFFY - serious "Died
and Gone to Utah" champagne powder - and LOTS of it.  I'm certain that by the
time I got up to Solitude, Siberia, etc - there was at least 2 FEET of the
fresh stuff.  Just unreal.  Needless to say, I didn't quit early THAT day - I
put in a full day, logging over 26K vertical feet.

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