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2023-05-03 01:01
in Nsnow, Snow
This year was definitely a snowy year, the most I have seen in my life. Thankfully Vail agreed to close Heavenly on May 7th, and Kirkwood on May 15th (although it was fri-sun only for KW).
Got up at 4:40, in hindsigh shoudl have been 20mn earlier to get first liftat 09:00 (including a 10-15mn charging stop on the way up), but close enough :)
Saw Sierra on the way up but it was already closed
the base of SLT looked somewhat snow free
Heavenly CA parking lot was fairly full for a wednesday
fairly good powder at the top of sky
we rode to Killbrew gates (all closed)
Nevada side only had Dipper running but that was good enough
plenty of snow still, signs are still buried
the bottom forest snow was warmer
one thing that sucks about kirkwood is that they are now down to one charger left (from 10)
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