General chat around the town was not very promising. The 3 of us were actually a bit stunned at the apparent negativity and general depressed state of the town. I knew that the snow this season had so far been pretty limited. But the overall effects of the low snow year were definitely unexpected.
Our first day on the hill really put into perspective what everyone in town had been talking about. Parts of the mountain were virtually unrecognisable. Massive rocks and cliffs visible in normally smooth open runs.
Back to the forecast... There was some snow on the 7day lookout, but really no more than a few inch's here and there. Talk around the locals was even worse. "This has been happening all year, a storm would line up to be a few days away, then break apart leaving next to nothing." "We really need 5ft of snow, then we will be back on track."
That night it started snowing. We woke up the next morning to snow dumping outside the window.
Day two on the hill, things were on the improve. The quality of skiing was better, but our body's were not too happy with this sudden burst of activity.
The snow continued to fall steadily. However the forecast didn't look all the promising...
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