This is not a complaint; the skiing has been excellent the past 3 days. It's just that spoiled old retired guys are supposed to get 3 feet every time out rather than 3 inches - right? I skied with a VT friend from the past, PattiMac and one of her many friends who seem to be everywhere. She was skiing very well and has a 25 year acquaintance with the mountain. It was soft and deep in the trees and I was shown many tree shots that I did not know before. I was even able to show her one that she did not know.

The only problem in this near perfect world is that it is squalling snow at a rate of 2-4" per day, not 10 or more as it did for about 10 days running last March/Apr. Each day in this latest stretch it has exceeded the NOAA/NWS prediction. Right now we sit on the edge of a major storm that will pass just to the south. However each day they are upping the prediction for the following day. Yesterday they said 1-3 on Sun. Little Cottonwood Canyon is famous for trapping storms that sit and dump for days.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php...111.637&e=1

and

http://www.alta.com/pages/report.php

Let it snow!

Dude you are so on the wrong side of the country.

My wife says that the snowbelt has moved. However the mountains have not moved.

It's trying. 2-4" last night, another few during the day today. Bad visibility, white out if you left the trees. In the trees, many silky smooth untracked turns. It is deep in there, 2 feet or more. About 10 days ago 15" fell, then it warmed up and formed a sun crust on the more south facing aspects. Crust was quite evident 3 days ago. The new snow has pretty well healed the crust. Alta never disappoints.

Avalanche conditions READ if you are going to UT.

http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1002D&L=SKIVT-L&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=5768

Forty reported skier triggered slides in the last 3 days. Any inbounds? Looks like winter is coming to UT, will you still be there first week in March maybe we can make some turns?

Jimmy,

I'll be here for sure thru Mar. 4. After that I'm not sure. It depends on the prospects for snow on the plains as I drive home. Last year I got caught in a blizzard in western Nebraska and I do not want to do that again.