Crocuses and Corn Snow

 

April is both my favorite and least favorite month. I say this every year. On the one hand, the skiing is at its best, the crocuses are blooming and it is just so darn beautiful. While on the other hand, summer is on the way and ski season is about to end. Pretty soon it'll be time to mow the lawn, pick slugs out of the garden, and weed hawkweed and dandelion flowers from the lawn. Ughhhh. But for now life is pretty good!

I took these pictures over the weekend. The dogs and I got in some South bowl corn snow. It was pretty perfect downhill ski conditions. The corn snow was about 5 inches deep - not so soft that it was a bottomless mess. It was also the first time in months that we did not skin up or ski down to the road. And the snow is disappearing so quickly that it will not be long until we have no skiing below 1500 feet. 

It seems we did hit max snow pack for the year around April 5th. That's the earliest I can remember and 3-4 weeks earlier than usual.

Patrick

Red loves to sled downhill on her belly