Finding Snow

Sat 1/9 the snow was good in Smugglers Notch on the closed road. Nice packed powder that made for some good practice skiing. The next day it rained. Pretty hard. I went hiking yesterday 1/16 at Honey Hollow and the snow was very thin and wet. Honey Hollow has some serious logging going on this winter so that is out for skiing this season anyway.
It has been snowing some in the mountains since the rain last week. Today we decided to give Bolton a try. Starting at the parking lot at 2K feet it was a little crunchy but the snow quickly turned to good powder. Not much of a base but enough and the snow was good. The higher we went the better it got. Went up the Wilderness lift and then into the x-country trails up high to get to Heavenly Highway and Paradise Pass. Everything in the woods up there was great and toward the end of the day I found Moose Glen which had not been skied yet this year. Much better conditions than expected!

Wilderness lift is closed - Nice!