Ending on a high note

Our 2008/2009 snow season that started anemically was saved by a providential, last-minute Christmas Day snowstorm and went on to be a fairly decent, perhaps slightly below average in total snow cover, but a pretty good season after all. That was until the snow gods woke up 13 days ago and came down on us with a vengeance and incessant dumps.

We skied on several occasions during the week and with unseasonably cold temperatures and overcast skies, the skiing had never been so good all season long. Conditions alternated between waist deep snow and creamy 4 to 6 inches covering overnight groomed runs to provide for enchanted skiing and the very best conditions of the years. In just 8 days, our local Park City mountains will all close for the season on a very high snow note, thanks to Mother Nature’s generosity and in spite of a terrible economic undertone…