This powder you speak of, albeit mature, you would imagine to be a bit moist, if not re-crystalized? Right?

We need Ben back in this conversation. Then things will really get out of hand.

Now to snow geek out for a minute, I wouldn’t really call it “re-crystalized”, not in the sense of the recycled powder that you find in winter at least. The snow was just old powder that was in the shade of the couloir without the big temp swings of winter. Honestly a bit of a rare snow texture that I haven’t seen very often, though I have seen it before.

this is getting weird. i’ll stop now. he he he.

Brennan- People who hung up their skis a long time ago look at me like I’m crazy when I say I’m still skiing. They look at me even more crazily when I say this spring has been better than last spring, but you mention the same thing. Sure there was 20′ of snow everywhere, but every time the sun came out in spring, some of that snow would peel off the rocks as they heated up and we’d be left with avalanche debris, runnels, and suncups. As you said, this season has bee baby butt smooth. As long as it stays that way, we’ll keep skiing