There was always a chance I suppose. Mt Baker has a reputation for massive snowfall; it has a world record for the most snowfall in a season. We can't really have asked for a better start to this trip, bascially we have been skiing powder every day.
Today we got 7 inches overnight, and it PUKED all day to boot. All the way up I was wondering if we would actually be able to make it. I'm glad we did cos it was pretty great. The bummer was that Chair 6 was closed due to high winds which meant the remaining terrain would get tracked hard but that's okay.
We started off with a quick run on the green. I got a total white room turn ducking under the "no jumping" rope. It would be one of many. Bruce got stuck on this first run, that would also be one of many!
Then it was up to Chair 8. I took off for a few quick runs and in the end we all went at our own pace, the best way to do it on a powder day. Because it was so stormy the vis was pretty bad sometimes; but of course it was fine in the trees.
I ended out checking out some new terrain off Chair 5 and Chair 4. Found some really nice pitches, mainly lift line runs. It was pretty tracked but still plenty of soft stuff. Also found a nice tree run on the last pitch to chair 8.
Caught up with Bruce and Jarrod again later in the day and finished off with a few runs with them.
Easily the best day of the trip so far. The powder was definitely good. About thigh deep when you're ploughing though it on a flat part. The question now is will anything top this? If it snows again tonight then maybe....
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