By flemingfarm on Skatehive
Up early as normal I was watching the summit cam yesterday morning on the mountain seeing how much snow looked to be awaiting. Turned out a bluebird day and it was in the mid 20sF. On the road a little after 8am and after stopping for gas we could see the mountains glowing white in the morning sun. Holy shit lines! There was a line to get parked, then insane long lines at any lift. J and I managed a double on #1 for our first ride up. He and I headed straight for Dreamline which runs under the Sunrise lift. The trees to either side held nice 1+ft deep powder. J and I rode the lift up and then dropped into Cy's. Cy's is a nice steep glade with deep powder and no other people. This was J's first black diamond and he really likes it. At the intersection of trails there are a group of memorial trees and every year there are more and more attached to them. It was just a handful of largely veterans but now there are dozens of others as well. I had gotten the text that R was ready to go to th