24 HOUR SNOW 1/2"
Another half an inch of snow has fallen overnight, bringing us to nearly two feet of freshies in the last week. Overnight, North winds have increased compared to the calm we've seen for nearly a couple days, now gusting to about 35mph at the summit. Every weather service I check tells me that winds are expected out of the Southwest today, hopefully delivering us another little reset throughout the day today. It looks like we should have more weather rolling through-- through the weekend, with cloud cover to help keep the sun from hardening up our snow. Hopefully these North winds overnight have done a little wind loading to our South Face, and I'd say they've most likely done a little windbuffing in the bowl.
WIND AND TEMPS: Today's temps are expected to range between 5°F at the summit, and 28°F at the base, with mid mountain temps in the teens. The upper mountain is expected to actually grow colder as the day goes on as more weather rolls in, especially when you consider the wind chill, Tram skiing and the like will be quite wintery today. Mid to lower mountain temps will slowly climb, with mid mountain temps hovering in the mid 20's. Winds are expected out of the SW, but as previously stated are currently out of the North... Where ever they come from, you can expect them gusting to 45mph at the summit.
You can certainly find plenty of soft turns out there once again as temps did not even approach melting point yesterday. I keep hearing talk of a heat wave next week. With the spring solstice officially occuring at 3 am this morning, winter is officially over, but it's putting up a fight on our mountain. Should be a great day to get out and feel the cold air on your cheeks, and spray up some storm snow. Keep praying for snow and make the most of this wintery days as you never truly now how many we have left. Thankfully our base is quite deep and should get us through April no matter what happens.
As always, remember to stay safe, and have fun out there.
