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.

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.