New Snow

Snow on Saddlerock last night. That means it's getting low, around 1000-1500 ft, maybe. It was a neat experience, playing soccer in the rain and looking up through the clouds' misty veil to see the mountains sprinkled with white. It makes you think about heat a little differently. There we were standing in a cold rain, when less than a mile away it was snowing. It's almost as if you can see it change gradients, the higher in the atmosphere you go. Snow line. There couldn't be a more appropriate name. We stopped playing for a second and stared at the hazy hills.

Everyone here gets excited about the snow. Because that means fresh powder on Mission Ridge. There has been snow on Mission for a few weeks now, maybe since the middle of October. But it hasn't opened for the season yet, and every snow fall brings opening day one step closer. Now it's a waiting game, the excitement building, as post-Thanksgiving plans are made to hit the slopes hard.