Sunday.

The thing about Oregon is you can experience spring conditions any time. Like today, for example. We've had a gigantic high pressure system stagnating our air for a week now. It gets foggy every day in town... but never at The Pass.

It was 23 degrees when we arrived today. It was 45 degrees when we left. The main runs at The Pass all face south--a dangerous proposition for any ski area. It actually works pretty well at The Pass if you know how to ski it. You start with the eastern runs--Eagle's Flight and Good Time Charlie, and work your way around with the sun. The snow softens up as the day goes on.

My homies were enjoying the January sunshine.


I'm busy, talk to the hand.


Now, look at my feet.


Dylan is working on his Steeze on the C-box.


I can deal with a little spring in January... but not too much. The base shrunk from 52" last weekend to 38" this weekend. We don't want a repeat of the 2004-05 season where major parts of the area were shut down because there was no snow. Time for that high pressure system to move on and for us to get back to the normal storm pattern.

Until then, we'll take a Sunny Day.