Crappy May snow

Skiing in May can be heaven or can be hell.

I went skiing yesterday and it was both. It's true that no ski days are always perfectly the same, but yesterday, up in nearby Snowbird, I made some great turns while, at times, the experience was dreadful as my skis wouldn't turn, I had to “help” them many times, and my knee and ankles were always ahead of my boards which ended up being quite tiresome.

The temperature was just too warm and the foot of snow that fell last Sunday didn't help, providing me, at times, with some of the very worst snow I ever skied in. I still managed to log 27,500 vertical feet in 3 hours. This was day 87 in a dismal season. Well, there's always next weekend that will be closing time at the “Bird!”