Powder in the Stashes
Mood:  energetic
Topic: punk rock
New Snow: 5"
Condiditions:  Powder, Packed Powder

Another week of storms had piled more snow on the mountain, and since Casper chairlift had been closed all week, my destination was obvious - Moran Woods.  I took my usual route from the Gondola through Woolsey Woods and into Air Bowl.


Needless to say, the powder was incredible.


At the bottom, I launched off the traverse onto Campground, then cut into the trees and the new Burton Stash Park.  I hadn't had a chance to see what they had built, and I was amazed with the sleek design that blended effortlessly with the natural landscape.

After leaving Campground, I cut into the trees for a little bit more powder before cruising on down to Casper lift.  I made a beeline for Moran Woods, and the powder was plentiful.  I didn't even stop to catch my breath.  I traversed  back to Casper and noticed the entrance to yet another stash park as I zoomed by.

Back on the lift, I turned around and looked down over the hazy cloud of snowmaking fog.


I decided to check out the stash park, and what better way to get there than through Wide Open - it was a wide open field of powder.  Sure, there were a few tracks, but i didn't cross very many of them.  When I got to the traverse, I realized I had almost missed the entrance to the stash park, but luckily I was able to traverse over toward it, and cut down through the trees into it.  One of the coolest things about the stash parks is that they aren't confined to the trails - in the trees on either side of the trail are little stash signs and more artificially created "natural" features.




Maybe after we've received a few more feet of snow, I'll be willing to hop on one of these.  Right now, they're just a little bigger than I feel comfortable attacking.  I continued over to A.V. and took a look at the snowmaking operations in the halfpipe.  Looks like it might be a little while longer before that's ready.  Ah well, there's still plenty of other terrain to play on!  I cruised down the fresh corduroy on Hanna before returning to the base area.  Fun. Snow.