We came out early to Squaw on a busy holiday to see how the snow was holding up. I was amazed at how many race kids were out buzzing around with their coaches; you can see how Squaw turns out Olympic champions.

Conditions were generally pretty firm, as the rain from last Thursday froze and turned into a persistent ice layer.

We found some decent snow here and there, like here in Siberia Bowl, but most of the runs consisted of a lot of scratchy turns.

KT-22 is finally open, although everything from the Fingers to Dead Tree—a vast area—is all slide rubble. You’re limited to skiing GS Bowl, Oly and here on East Face.

We had a good time poking around looking for soft snow. Nancy went home to sleep and I had a tired night at work.