Nederland...it's fucking windy here

That's me and Heyride heading into the gale force winds. 18 degrees down at the lot, 5 degrees at 10,200ft with 40mph gusts.  I thought the Chinook winds were supposed to bring WARMER weather...?

Heyride skinning up at 12:30 this afternoon, yeah, low light this time of year...!

Lil cornice break from my SINGLE ski kick.  Lots of windslab everywhere today. Not the best conditions up here, but in the woods there were some dreamy spots.

Heyride heads down into the best 7 turns of the day. When it's windy, stay in the trees!

Today we headed up to the tunnel spot to see how the snow cover is. It's...good in places...bad in others. But much more snow up there than I thought there'd be! Why is that? Sympathetic snow, which means we get lots of wind.  Blow-over from Winter Park...sorry you Park peeps! We steal your snow.  The divide is scoured, you just have to find the pockets of catch snow...and you'll always have a powder day here.  It's harder on the fingers, toes, and face (i.e., frost bite), and there's certainly more climbing here than some other spots...but it's worth it!  Winter has arrived.