mama nature couldn't have played a crueler april's fool joke, only it was no joke. one of those why bother, take one for the team days. easily made the bottom 5 days of the season - maybe a contender for worst. on the bright side, just a beautiful azure sky with only an occasional wisp passing by. perhaps the lightest turnout i've seen.
did the hatter/hafskitm shift. at bear deep mush was the rule. upper claw was actually good then the lower section by the shorty exit was rock hard. lower burst was mush as was lower WF. upper burst was ok. stash (ungroomed) mostly frozen trax with the occasional patch of really nice corn. it was closed on my return. shorty variable.
needles lift being down saved me from myself. bitter had a couple significant ice floes. the one on the lower steep extended nearly edge-to-edge with narrow passage on either side. a surprisingly open low road was a hard pass. upper lark very firm. middle ok. supe was open from launch pad to high rd. looked rather frozen. lower a war zone between extended ice flows and bare spots.
upper mouse ok. trap cookies on a frozen base with lower chute more soup. NR might have been the best. mid winter firm & fast though lower rime not good. LEF was ok but by late afternoon felt like the chop was setting up. rotd - spillway. that says it all.
mtn dealt a terrible hand. 50's yesterday with a flash freeze this morning. they have their work cut out.