Sunday, March 08, 2009

4-6" of POW and Blizzard whiteout conditons

This morning it was 10 degrees and we had between 4-6" of beautiful POW since yesterday morning around 10am when the snow started lightly falling. By 12:30 the snow was blowing so hard you could not see 5' in front of you so hard I had 3" of blown snow on my covered porch by 4pm. It started clearing somewhat around 3:30 but only for 1.5 hours long enough to make 3 ski-tow runs and downhill runs from settling tank. It picked up again just as Ivan started his last downhill run, so hard I could not clear my goggles fast enough. There is anywhere from 8-18" of POW depending on where you are here, the new snow is bonding very well to the older snow reducing chances of slides with the new snow. This morning we got another .5" in just over 1 hour while Ivan was skiing a new run, great condition for skiing or sledding, the road was groomed last night so should be very fast with little traffic all day. Get out and enjoy the mountains and this beautiful fresh POW. Peace

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