I got up to Royal for an hour this morning. I can't believe how much snow is left. Edge to edge with pretty much no bare spots on all the main trails, and some places it's really deep. Some piles haven't yet been pushed around. Jake said he'll definitely need to be pushing some snow from the practice slope into the parking lot after Easter to get things dried up for dirt bike season.
This morning's snow was soft of course, really nice for carving turns. I made a run down each main trail plus one on Red Carpet and a second run down Challenge. I wish I could have stayed another hour or two. It wasn't busy when I was there but an unexpected ski day makes everyone happy so lots of big smiles kind of like an opening day or a surprise powder day.
This could be it. There will be plenty of snow left next weekend but as of this morning Jake said he'll probably only open up if the weather really cooperates (no rain, at least 50) to make it worthwhile. The long range forecast is not promising, so I left assuming my Royal season was ending today. I'll find a way up there for a while next Saturday if Royal opens. There are no plans to try to extend the season beyond that.
