The countdown starts

I am not even halfway through my second to last day and I can hardly contain myself. Mostly I've checked and rechecked the avy and resort snow reports and thought about what kind of wax to bring. I couldn't tell you whether the market is up or down but go ahead and ask me about the location of any faceted or wind loaded layers in the Colorado snowpack.

The skiing is starting to get very good in CB right now as almost the entire intermountain West has been getting hammered. Hopefully the pattern persists and we get some really excellent turns in over the next few weeks. I think high pressure might be moving into the region and that always gives me pause. Although sunny clear weather makes for some pleasant skiing, too much sun really ruins the surface and sets up a potential sliding layer. I'll take whiteout conditions and a 2 inch an hour pukefest over clear sunny skies any day.

Oh well, we've got to get through the 30+ hr drive before I fill my head with snow conditions.