Ski conditions in the Tetons just keep getting better. The base is in and it's solid. All of the lower exits now have sufficient coverage, and even the tree skiing is good.

We keep getting storm cycles that leave a lot of snow, but not so much that it makes the skiing dangerous. For example, this week Targhee has reported 9", 6", 4", 3", and 9". That doesn't sound like a lot of snow, but when you add it up, you get 31 inches of snow. As far as I'm concerned, that is dust-on-crust at Grand Targhee, but in the backcountry, where you can easily find untracked snow, it means heavenly, safe, bottomless powder.

On Monday night, a friend from Jackson called and said, "Glory at 6:15am. You interested?" Normally, I'm an early riser, but I like to have my coffee and read or work a little and enjoy the caffeine buzz. But it IS glorious to stand on top of Mount Glory at dawn.

I met Gary at the Pass parking lot at 6:15. There were already 4 other cars parked there. Not quite first chair on Glory, but close enough. Definitely the first wave. We climbed up Glory in the dark, with headlamps. It was actually quite pleasant climbing up in the dark, the lights of Jackson off to the east, a feint light growing on the eastern horizon, especially since there was absolutely NO wind. We skied Glory Bowl. Even though there was only 3-4 inches of new snow, all of the tracks on Glory Bowl were almost covered and the snow was soft and slow.  

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