it's still snowing

day 9 straight; both me and the snow.

Report:

Atypical - usually the Sierra get huge dumps separated by spans of sunny
days - this is a constant few to 10/12 inches of fresh a day without let
up. Weather forecast has it continuing for at least another week. The
probe goes a good 5-7 feet before hitting the previous settled hardpack
and/or rain-glaze from a couple of weeks ago. Some natural slides
nearby, so staying alert even inbounds. Bombs triggered a big one a few
days ago - about a two foot crown release, 50m wide, high up on High
Yellow - kind of filled in the Yellow bowl area. But generally the
slower than typical accumulation seems also more stable than typical
(but I'm not counting on it - be careful if you're out there.)

The skiing is incredibly good. Probably should have taken the powder
skis out today but started with the big old GS boards and stuck with
them. Took a bit more focus to stay centered in the bottomless untracked
but they sure make the cut up slopes easier, arcing right through skier
made heaps and ruts and wind mounds as if they weren't there.