It was just a fantastic, albeit crowded, day at Heavenly. Got the to the lifts with Kristen around 8:30. Had to replace my lost season pass which took all of 3 minutes. Great customer service on the mountain. The mountain was mostly empty for the first two hours. We skiied the glades in the Milky Way bowl where there was just a ton of untracked snow up to three feet deep in some places, but mostly around a foot or a foot and a half. There were scattered rocks and trees hidden under the asnow and I probably did more damage to my skis today than in the last four years, but nothing that can't be fixed, mostly superficial surface scratches.The snow on the groomed trails was absolutely perfect and I was able to let the skis run with complete confidence. There's like bombing down a perfectly manicured piste t top speed. It just feels unbelievable.

It was supposed to start snowing at noontime. There was a series of stormy clouds that passed by the top of the mountain at breakneck speed and there were moments of blasting cold, especially after I took my big jacket off and like an ass, stuck it in the car for the afternoon. But there was also plenty of blue skies and sunshine.

When the crowds started arriving midmorning, we moved down the mountain to Stagecoach and skied the Scorpion Glades off to skier's right. The best thing about the glades is that you can ski through a hundred times and never ski the same terrain twice. We had a fucking great day.