Went up Short Swing in Mill D North first today (west-facing trees from the two 9000 ft. bumps between Mill D North and Beartrap), and it skied great with really nice powder. Then, we headed over to Reynolds to ski the North Reynolds trees. Surprisingly, the snow was pretty wet even though it faces mostly north. We headed back to Short Swing for two more laps in the trees. By 3pm, almost everything was getting pretty wet, especially lower. The sun cooked everything all day today. There will be a crust on east, south, and a lot of west tomorrow.
I saw a lot of wet snow activity today, including the Catcher's Mitt on Kessler, Reynolds' Northeast Bowl, most of the east-facing stuff in Cardiff, and Reynolds' east face. With all the new snow and the wind-loading with this last storm, people were mostly staying out of the steeper terrain today. I saw the results of a pit on Short Swing, and you can really see that dirt layer in the snow very clearly now. It's buried under 2-3' of snow now, so it might create some interesting things during corn season when it reappears. This storm threw the snow around in every direction, creating lots of cornices, wind features, and strange layers in some places.
Mid-elevation sheltered trees were the ticket today. Last big powder day of the year? I hope we get at least one more shot.