Memorial Weekend, The Kids, The Snowpack And More 24May19-27May19

It is whacky but skiing conditions are great in Summit right now... on Memorial Day weekend which normally marks the start of "summer" events. I'm getting the sailboat ready and last night I took in the Summit Concert Band at the Pavilion - they were good.

I headed to Breck today and skied all morning above treeline off Kensho, Imperial and the TBar. Sure the base was warm and slushy but the rest of the day was stellar on recently deposited snow which'd softened from glorious sunshine. I arrived pretty early and fortunately timed my traverse across the peaks with rope drops all the way so I got to make early tracks on each new drop from Peak 6, top of T-Bar and top of Imperial - wow.

Snowpack for the state is >200% of average for end May so this is great for skiing and we are fully out of drought conditions and it will be great for whitewater rafting, but I do expect runoff to last much longer than normal and impact summer fishing.  

Snowpack Update - 04Jun19 - We are now 2000% of last year's snowpack! Sure it's just a game with the math but still. Rivers and streams will rage in June this year as we finally have warming, and PM thunderstorms.

We are empty nesters! Matt & Alexa have moved out into a nice place in Denver with fine materials, a cool vibe, fiber to the desk, and ready access to trains. Great for them. We went out after dropping off some hand-me-downs this weekend.

Kala and had a great ride downtown with superb weather right up to the point it hailed on us. We hid in a garage briefly and got home safely to share ORB Outskirts on the deck.

We went for a great hike today with Scott & Peg before the NCAA lax championship game, on the AFA under awesome skies.

Kala & I capped the MDWE with a visit to Cerberus to taste the new hazies and enjoy lamb sliders and brisket grilled cheese. Ymmm.

Finally, congrats to the Cardiac Cavaliers of UVA for their return to NCAA D1 lacrosse championship form under 3rd year coach Lars Tiffany. Except for their domination of Yale in the championship, the Wahoos needed to overcome multiple 4th quarter deficits in many games to reach the final game of 2019. Wow - they are fun - draw comparisons to the awesome UVA basketball team of this same season as you will; there are cool things afoot in Charlottesville in both revenue and non-revenue sports.