Another rain/freeze event was followed by another recovery. Winter weather almost always oscillates between extremes, but this month has been particularly wild.

The recoveries have only been band-aids applied to wounds that need stitches. This January has been particularly frustrating since it follows Jay’s snowiest opening month ever.

A few inches of dense snow made for extremely fun carving on the Jet. It was so good that I repeated my first lap on the Jet. It is a rare day when a groomer gets me excited and wanting a second lap.

I wanted to try the woods but I didn’t want to waste a full run if it was as bad as I expected. So, I skied most of Derrick and then skied into the bottom of Timbuk where I found poor snow conditions and exposed tree roots.

From the Bonnie, conditions were both worse and better. I was shocked to find nice snow and good turns on Upper River Quai, so I repeated that trail. On the other side of the ridge, Can Am was also skiing well (though, scraped and thin sections were visible).

The weather was moody. The summit was in and out of the clouds but the lower mountain often had blue skies visible. The clouds were low and fast moving, the wind had a bite. Yet another day this month that was better than it could have been but far from expectation.