The forecast was wrong again. We woke up to no new snow on the ground but we were heading up anyway of course.
The day started off with some groomers and some exploring in the trees. It wasn't all that great but there was still some fresh lines about albeit not all that light and fluffy.
Then about 11am it started puking hard out. The main gully run out that we had been hitting since we had been here was covered and when I put my hand down to feel what had fallen I think it almost came up to my wrist. It lasted about and hour or so and just refreshed everything.
So it was all go again after lunch. Still not as good as the first two days but still really fun. We kept hitting our favourite two runs that we lapped on the powder days and it was still good. We got fresh lines too which is pretty amazing on a Saturday afternoon at a ski hill.
The sun even came out for the last few runs which just opened up the vis and gave us some nice views.
Typically is has been snowing pretty much since the hill closed which means tomorrow will be nice too. We have had a good run but it's always hard to leave on the eve of another pow day!
It's going to be another long travel day. Two flights and a few transfers that will probably be about 15 hours or so of sitting around. It's a small price to pay though.
So the obvious question on a trip like this is which was your favourite. Not an easy question to answer.
The best skiing was the catskiing in Revelstoke. But you would expect that since I paid the big bucks. Steep, deep and fresh. Totally the best day skiing ever.
But the best skiing on a ski hill is probably going to have to go to Rusutsu. It's a close thing between Mt Baker and Rusutsu though. I remember Baker as being generally steeper and the snow was amazing and deep. But it probably got tracked out a bit quicker than Rusutsu. Here you can ski the same area over and over and over and still get amazing fresh turns. Also I love skiing trees and all the good stuff here is trees.
Every place had it's special attributes though and I was lucky enough to find the "white room" many times in each one.
Now it's time to start planning for the next trip....
