We had a great powder day for April Fools. I had my best powder runs of the season, spitting out snow type of runs.

There were a lot of locals out, but I still got a number of untracked runs.

For some bizarre reason (ha-ha, April Fools!), Patrol decided to open White Rabbit, a windward slope that rarely opens due to lack of snow. It was a strange decision because a) it hadn’t been open all year, and b) Northstar Ski Patrol is extremely cautious to open anything with a thin snowpack.

I decided to ski it just to ski it and see how thin it was. I had to hack my way in, got about eight turns in knee-deep powder in a short section where the snow blows in, and then hacked my out through the manzanita.