The wind finally relents. I cannot recall a longer stretch of windy weather. Cold, blustery winds kept the Flyer and the Tram offline for more than a week. Feet of snow were blown off to who knows where.

Now that the high-speed lifts have finally reopened, pent up demand reached fever pitch. Hoping for fresh snow, I decided to start at and ski Tramside (an extremely rare occurrence).

After a bizarre 15-minute late start, the Flyer finally opened with a substantial line. After my second run, the line had backed up to the end of Ullr’s. The tram’s line backed up to the Flyer’s line (likely a two-hour wait to get to the summit, why bother?).

With the Metro Quad down, the Flyer was the only Tramside option (for those that refuse to wait for the Tram). Beginners that might normally take the Metro caused many lift stops on the Flyer.

There was some fresh snow in the off-map Tramside woods. But not much. After a few false starts, I finally found extensive untracked in off-map trees that could, thankfully, be cycled from the Bonnie (ski on).

Snatching victory from defeat, I began lapping boot deep untracked hours after opening. I was flabbergasted, everything seemed so packed down. How could I find powder, let alone untracked? Yet another unexpected powder day (my eighth of the season out of nine days).