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Butternut - 4.5.14

gmcunni

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date - 4.5.14

resort - Butternut

weather - 40s with a little wind. mostly cloudy until almost end of the day

report- weather didn't look awesome so i slept in. got to the Nut around noon, skied til 4. $25 and all trails open. i think all lifts running too.. nobody there. snow is deep. i wish the sun had come out more but the temps had everything pretty soft. skied the whole mountain and lapped the bumps on downspout a few times. great day overall. warmer weather and more sun tomorrow should be pretty awesome there.

they close tomorrow with full coverage.

coverage looks good
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bumps were fun and soft
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my day:
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legalskier

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Nice TR. Conditions look sweet. I like how you mapped out your day too.
Wish I had a hill within an easy drive, I'd double my ski days.
 

ss20

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A minute from the Alta exit off the I-15!
Very heavy snow by 4. Downspout was fun. Like you said, it made zero sense to run every lift. Weather was finicky. In the morning there was a dense fog. Then it showered for a couple runs around 10. Not exactly light rain either, enough to seep into the snowpants. I could've sworn I saw some flurries at noon on the summit quad. Not good that I'm already seeing things and its only April ;-). Lucifer's and Hob Nob had some awesome rolls! Don't know if Butternut planned them or not but they were sick (by Butternut standards :lol:).

Fun day and my last day for 2013-2014.

Foggy morning
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Sun, trees, and fog
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Hob Nob, 4pm
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