so that it was real hero snow - heavy enough to hold you up in the tight stuff and make you float but not so heavy that it was hard work.
i can only think that because of the down beat forecast no one was really pumped up for a maximum powder day which is what it turned out to be. as a result there were no crowds around for the powder chase first thing. we got first tracks in boomerang and cut out onto boom ridge and it was face shots all the way down. as we rode the boom chair up it looked like we were going to put 