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It must have gotten about freezing for a bit over the weekend, for what had been 8-10” of 6% powder Friday night had sagged to 4-6” of denser stuff with a tasty light ˝” sun crust on it. Below the new lies a bomber 3-4” rain crust atop some sugary depth hoar, but the sugar layer seems to be giving way to crust in the S aspects. The N aspects are still pretty sweet it the woods, while the southern exposures are mostly cement-on-crust. With new snow predicted for tonight, it could get better as the week goes on, and it ‘s not too bad right now, not bad at all! I took the time to test all of the eastern-end spots, but refrained from taking more than 3-4 laps per- saving it for later! Testing out the new (to me) beater Karhu Lookouts, they aquitted themselves nicely: Better grip than glide by a fair amount, despite a quick shot of MaxiGlide ™, but they should do mucho mas better after a bit o’ base structure on the glide surfaces and a hot wax. Heavier and straighter than the Fischer Rebounds, they still proved turny enough for the juvenile-tree slalom courses out there- even skied the steeper and tightest lines with a bit o’ hop-turnin’. Tour Statistics: Length: ~2km Total vertical earned: ~500’ Cire du jour: Scales (woulda used red hard wax, maybe special-red.) Hopefully tonight’s stormlet will turn “pretty good” into “great” conditions for the rest of the week! dana _____________ ________ __ __ /________ ________ ___ __( Tele till you drop ___\ ________ ________ __ ____) ______ __________ _ ___/ ______ ___________ _ __( o ____ __________ __ __ \(|\.____ _______ ____ ___`\>/______ ____ ______ ____ \` ______ __ _______ ______`________ _ _______ _______________ __ ______