There’s nothing like first chair on a powder day, or even first dozen-or-so chairs.

We had 6″ of fresh, fluffy stuff fall overnight on top of 4″ yesterday and 4″ the day before.

All totaled, it created some sweet ego-stroking conditions on the mountain today. Luckily, the snow is still falling, the powder is plentiful and even visitors who sauntered up to the mountain at a leisurely pace are enjoying some great turns.

Still, I have to wonder. What could be more important that fresh tracks on an ideal day?

I’m sure you folks had your reasons. Here, I share MY Top Ten Reasons Not To Sleep in on a Powder Day:

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If that’s not reason enough to get up early, I don’t know what is.

See you next time! (Or maybe not).

– April