Headed out in to the 11 inch day at Vail yesterday on my day off.
Skied the in bounds for a couple nice runs and then headed out to see the conditions in EV.
After waiting for openings, the sounds of bombs filling the air, we headed up the Poma.
Took notice of the ski patrol bomb holes on the way out.
As with the previous days, no activity.
The skiing in Tweeners was again accompanied by no movement whatsoever.
No sluffing and no slab release in the upper concave wind affected face.
The lower triangle face held again and we were off into the trees to enjoy some deep freshness.
So far so good.
Second run we decided to get back to the Old Man.
We spent a good fifteen minutes taking turns trundling stove sized cornice chunks down into the scarp area.
Again watched the chunks impact and explode, with no results.
Stepped into the right side, J leading the charge and sent it.
Well holy cow, a day of deep snow and moderate stability.
I know, I couldn’t believe it either.
No visible naturals anywhere we could see.
The weak layers are still down there in the pack but at least today they were dormant.
Third run Luke and I had EV to ourselvesand took out time to enjoy the lenghty skin.
We should have a video of the CT results and a brief gratuitous pow video to view soon.
We got out of EV finally around 5 pm.
We were powder gluttons for sure, and my cup runneth over today.
A whole large pizza then sleep.
Woke up, muscles tired and groggy.
Looked out the window to see that reset button has been pushed again.
Another four inches and dumping at 7 am, with the winds up and no visibility.
Not assuming anything about snow today as weather conditions are drastically different.
Start at square one with the progression of runs and snow assessment again.
