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2026-04-01 01:01
in Snow
So this year has been one of the worst seasons on record indeed. 2 big storms, both of which I was there for, and that's about it, including terrible temperatures and heavy melting in March. Multiple resorts closed by the time this storm happened, but thank fully Kirkwood due to altitude and K factor, had a bit more snow in reserve and survived until this storm hit. It was a wet storm, but in turn this meant the heavier wet powder helped cement a new base on what was not much of a base anymore, and fill the holes:
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and I arrived with 13%, not bad at all
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it snowed all day but it was too warm so all that snow melted when touching my car
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waiting for 6 to open, which it did by 10:15 after avalanche safety
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there were a few water holes though
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I came down this, a bit bare :)
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this one seemed like too much of a jump into the unknown, so I climbed that one back up
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the top of the wall ridge re-opened
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