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2017-03-21 01:01
in Nsnow, Snow
I arrived a bit late on tuesday thanks to the Tesla supercharger being down. I had to drive around Folsom, and by then I was worried that Carson Spur would close, so I went around via South Lake Tahoe.
When I finally got to kirkwood, all the charging ports had ICE cars parked in front of them. Doh!
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I Emailed vail about it, and thankfully they fixed that a day later:
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The first day, I only got on the slopes just before 14:00, got a single ride on Cornice, and then it closed for lightening :( The snow was super wet and not run to ride though. Technically it was snowing, but it felt more like rain...
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The next day, we had snow all day until 18:00, which fixed the crappy snow underneath. It was cold and very wet, but the snow was good. Back side opened by 13:30 adn was worth riding too. The wave didn't open though, which was great for the next day:
![damn, that's a lot of snow in that drain under cornice damn, that's a lot of snow in that drain under cornice](/blogimg/01/thumb1024_201_20170321_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
damn, that's a lot of snow in that drain under cornice
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![big rock skier's left of the wall, filled with snow big rock skier's left of the wall, filled with snow](/blogimg/05/thumb1024_205_20170321_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
big rock skier's left of the wall, filled with snow
![snow and snow and snow snow and snow and snow](/blogimg/06/thumb1024_206_20170321_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
snow and snow and snow
![backside, here we come backside, here we come](/blogimg/11/thumb1024_211_20170321_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
backside, here we come
The 3rd day was finally the blue bird:
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![enough snow on the wall, you can get down anywhere enough snow on the wall, you can get down anywhere](/blogimg/06/thumb1024_306_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
enough snow on the wall, you can get down anywhere
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![so many tracks, too many people :) so many tracks, too many people :)](/blogimg/12/thumb1024_312_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
so many tracks, too many people :)
![I went down eagle bowl, again, no one :) I went down eagle bowl, again, no one :)](/blogimg/20/thumb1024_320_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
I went down eagle bowl, again, no one :)
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![the wave opened early in the morning the wave opened early in the morning](/blogimg/32/thumb1024_332_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
the wave opened early in the morning
![choose your way down :) choose your way down :)](/blogimg/33/thumb1024_333_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
choose your way down :)
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![again, too many tracks :) again, too many tracks :)](/blogimg/41/thumb1024_341_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
again, too many tracks :)
![fawn ridge was beautiful fawn ridge was beautiful](/blogimg/49/thumb1024_349_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
fawn ridge was beautiful
![I lapped it 5 times and got fresh tracks each time I lapped it 5 times and got fresh tracks each time](/blogimg/52/thumb1024_352_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
I lapped it 5 times and got fresh tracks each time
![wee... wee...](/blogimg/53/thumb1024_353_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
wee...
![chute off the wall, snow had been blown off chute off the wall, snow had been blown off](/blogimg/61/thumb1024_361_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
chute off the wall, snow had been blown off
By 14:00, the snow was however starting to turn. Somewhat slushy in places, and funny thing was other places had powder that was icing up (palisades), so I counted my blessings for all that snow with no crowds and went home:
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![Carson Spur Carson Spur](/blogimg/67/thumb1024_367_20170321_Kirkwood_Day3.jpg)
Carson Spur
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