Powder and Ice
Today was the last day on the hill in Jackson. In the morning, we did some warmup runs on AV chair, but it was pretty crappy. Freezing level was relatively high, so the lower parts didn’t get much snow and were pretty hard and icy.
After lunch, I headed up by myself to the top, and conditions there were pretty fantastic - a little windy though, which was good for refilling the snow. The top got 10″ overnight on top of a foot or two the previous few days. It was pretty fluffy snow, and I was doing pretty well for myself on skis. I wasn’t quite missing the snowboard as much today. Ended up doing about five laps on the East Ridge chair before heading down.
Once I got below mid-mountain though, conditions started to get thicker and then icy again, and I could definitely feel the legs burning while on the hardpack.
We did apres at the Alpenhof, now we’re back at the condo, soon heading out for one more nice dinner at the Granary here at Spring Creek. Tomorrow, we’ll probably check out the park, town, and/or wildlife museum before flying back to Seattle tomorrow night.