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[Alton]

Day 32 - Mediocre firm groomers under sunny sky. Fun riding with Brian on Eagle chair.

[Alton]

Day 33 - Heavy 5 cm of fresh with drizzle was a rough start with poor visibility and sticky snow at lower levels. Conditions improved as drizzle turned to snow. Favorite untracked roped off runs were Jasey Jay and Lower Fork. Spent the morning with Francis until noon when crowds started rolling in.

[Alton]

Day 34 - A morning of bumps and lumps under partly blue sky. Not a repeat of yesterday. Instead the tracks that Francis and I left behind yesterday froze over with 5cm of fresh on top. It took a few runs to acclimatize then Lower Fork (roped off) was my go-to run. Jasey Jay was officially open. Got first tracks with fresh over lumps but with the eventual skiers it turned into a nice bump run.

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[Alton]

Day 35 - Go to runs Jasey Jay (5cm fresh over groomer) and Lower Fork (5cm fresh). Dumping snow made conditions better and better. Lower Fork accumulated up to 10-15cm. To my surprise Cascade was roped off and perfectly groomed for hero conditions. Started at 9am then called it a day at 3pm dropping into untracked 10cm down Olympic.

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[Alton]

Day 36 - Excellent day of freshies 9am to 1:30pm without breaks

3 x Jasey Jay (bumps) + Lower Fork (10 cm)
8 x Jasey Jay (bumps) + Cascade (10-15 cm)
4 x Olympic (15 cm)
3 x Upper Crazy Raven (20 cm) + Lower Olympic (15 cm)
1 x Upper + Lower Crazy Raven (20 cm)

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[Bernie]

Usual suspects + 1

Fam Jam day at Cypress

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[Alton]

Day 37 - Started with hero groomers down Jasey Jay and Cascade. Shared the excellent grooming with Brian and LeopardSkin until 10:30 when corduroy was tracked out, Then went solo for 8 "Loops" (Upper Crazy Raven + Lower Olympic + Parking Lot) with 20 cm leftover freshies on skiers left ... and finished at 1:30pm.

[Alton]

Day 38 - Half and half. Hero groomers perfect for carving down Jasey Jay, Cascade, Lower Fork and the football field. Then Upper Crazy Raven + Lower Olympic (20 cm of lumpy fresh). Then finished with Crazy Raven top to bottom (20 cm - no lumps).

[Alton]

Day 39 - Nice to have new snow ... and even better if it wasn't so friggen heavy. One run down Rainbow (20 cm) and final down Crazy Raven (25-30 cm) and Lower Olympic (20 cm) ... then called it a day.

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[Alton]

Day 40 - Earned my turns today. Hard pack groomers in the morning softened in the afternoon. Off piste runs paid off with 20-25cm freshies left over from yesterday.

Quickie morning session:
1 x Jasey Jay 5cm
2 x Upper Crazy Raven + Lower Olympic (20-25cm)

Afternoon session:
7 x Upper Crazy Raven + Lower Olympic (20-25cm)
1 x Upper Crazy Raven + Lower Crazy Raven (20-25cm)

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