January 30th, 2016

What running does is allow it to happen. Creativity must be spontaneous. It cannot be forced. Cannot be produced on demand. Running frees me from that urgency, that ambition, those goals. There I can escape time and passively await the revelation of the way things are. George Sheehan

Morning y'all,

It's a beautiful, clear morning up top. The high yesterday reached 36 degrees. The overnight low reached 14 degrees, but a warm front passed through overnight and it was 35 degrees and clear at 7am observation. The mountain received no new precipitation and there is still about 6 inches of snow remaining up top with deeper drifts. The trails are getting better - Alum is packed down, but there are a few tricky sections with drifts covering cables. There was very little ice, it was all covered by snowpack. I slid down early in the morning and was shocked by how little I was slipping. Get out and enjoy these great snow conditions! It doesn't look like they will last long...