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Freeheelgirl: March 7, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
It was warm, warm, WARM out! Super-sunny day, temps pushing the high 30's at noon at 8,000'. Dust-on-crust, with plenty of afternoon whoomphing on sunny slopes as the crust settled. We kept to moderately-sloping ridgetops & avoided steep north AND south slopes and terrain traps - there was plenty of evidence of pocket sloughs on both sides.Skiing was challenging, but fun. We labeled it 'early spring-like conditions', and enjoyed wearing t-shirts on the skin up, and sunblock was a major part of our safety gear - ahh. :-)