Before I forget...

I was privy to adding up the true snow totals which were recorded by the Snow Safety Department of Crested Butte Professional Ski Patrol.

The end total was 360.75 inches for the entire winter.

I guess the marketing department did not like this total and added 40 inches to the amounts which guests were told.

I guess all in the world of money 40 inches of fake snow is alright.

Snow so far

Just a quick mention on snow here. We are 56" short of 400" total snowfall this year.

The skiing is awesome, and will remain great no matter what weather we get outside of rain.

We are at 4 feet in four days and counting....

Ok, another update. We are now at over four feet in four days, and it is still snowing.

Weather service is still calling for more snow and how much more is any ones guess. I am skiing all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Do not have time to chat about anything else, as I need to get my gear ready for an early wake up of 6 am.

29 more inches

So, another storm has rolled though giving us more snow. With scattered sprinkles of snow from an inch to 7 inches since the big 81 inch dump earlier, we are doing great.

My 11 year old daughter was skiing steep blacks for the first time in powder. We got fifth chair up and first tracks on three runs Saturday.

I may get a chance to Billy Goat around the rocks on Monday, but we will see. Depends on if the wife is willing to be a powder widow for a day or not.

Check out http://www.skicb.com/ for more information.

They are still calling for more snow. 2 to 4 feet more. Here is the video link below. Sweet.
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What a winter so far.

Ok, over two weekends earlier this winter we received 81" of snow. Outstanding.

I have been able to ski the Upper Forest, Lower Forest, and Peel along with the Spellbound Bowl ares for work. In addition to that we are expected not only to ski every knook and crany of the non-extremes, which actually holds sections of skiing which is actually just as hairy as most things found in the extremes.

I knew I loved skiing, but working so close with Ski Patrol has shown me I can do all the things I love to do so much, and get paid well while doing so.

Enough for now. We are expecting a nice storm system to come and give us some more snow.

About the Mountain

So, why would I leave the cold windy plains of North Dakota? Hmmm, real easy. This mountain!

If you are looking for some of the best and truly challenging terrain in Colorado, its here!

29 inches on the mountain.

Wow, we finally got snow. Now we got a reported 29" of the fresh white stuff, and we needed it. However, there was a price to pay for the new snow. We had high winds which caused our main base area lift currently to be shut down for a couple hours.

Resort staff were out in force handing out free hot cocoa, candy, and selling beers to those stuck down at the bottom.

We are in the middle of Free Ski where all you have to do is show up at our ticket office and give your zip code and you get a lift ticket to ride.

Here is video of the days leading up to our storm. The last video is from the second day of the storm.

Do not complain about video quality please since this is my old phone which is providing these for you.

Enjoy.

Ok, just a couple more dumps like this and we will be able to completely open the mountain.