> .THANKSGIVING DAY...COLDER WITH A CHANCE OF MORNING RAIN OR SNOW
> SHOWERS. LOW IN THE 30S. HIGH 40 TO 45.
> .FRIDAY...CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOW 25 TO 30. HIGH NEAR 40.
>

I can deal with that. If there's anything left from last week on Weds,
even a crummy six inches, it'll set up solid on Weds night and give us a
bit of a base for any future snows. I can easily settle for dust on
crust skiing next weekend. Even with this warm spell from Hell the
summit graph is reading above average (normal is about 14 inches right
now). I'll agree with Matt (though I have MUCH less cause to celebrate
than he does.. lucky bastard) let's count our blessings.

Others have covered it pretty well so I wont say much but Jay on
Saturday was a blast. Benjie and I were were even able to find some
honest powder (thick, but powder) early on Kitz with Walter. We also
found a completely untracked couple of lines in the Kitz Island after we
met up with the others (thanks again guys for letting me deflower that
one, best turns of the day :). The snow was fun and kinda bouncy if you
skied it right. The best mode of attack was to take a direct line and
skim the surface at speed, fortunately there was enough stickyness to
keep from accumulating real "terminal" velocity. Of course that only let
Bionic Matt Duffy, who surely runs on some kind of cold fusion, bomb
down even tighter lines with reckless abandon. Matt, that shot off the
Kitz elbow was nothing short of amazing, I dont think I've even seen
someone go so fast in such dense woods. Maybe I should put myself on a
strict regimen of sleep deprivation...

Close inspection of my old red bubble Dynastars (well past a decade now)
revealed terminal damage to the tip, ptex peeled back almost to the
running surface and edges on both skis sperating tip down. Time to steal
the bindings and mount the next victims...

All skis are rock skis!

Jerm

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