On Tuesday the notch had funneled the southerly winds into a frenzy. While snow gently piled up in Lincoln it whipped in all directions on Cannon. I really wasn't sure what Wednesday would bring.
Throughout the night temps had risen across the region and by morning there was a crust on top of the 8" that fell in Lincoln. Cannon was a different story. It had come down wet the whole time and the wind had packed it into a dense frosting. The upper mountain was socked in as usual but the snow up top was a touch dryer than down low so I started to lap the Cannonball chair. Viz was terrible on open trails...so into the trees.
This was heavy hard turning snow. Knee tearing snow. Still wary of a knee injury from wet snow at the end of last season, I ditched the skis after about 2 hours and grabbed the board. Much more manageable.
It wasn't a light fluffy powder day. But we've had plenty of those so far this year. What we really needed was some dense, consolidated base making snow. This was it. The trees and BC are going to ski superbly now.
Here's a little ski/snowboard mashup...
