Still Snowin'

Trying to squeeze as many days as I possibly can out of my Mount Rose season pass, a couple of friends and I made the trip up the mountain this morning. Officially Rose has 1 to 2 fresh inches of snow today thanks to a late-season storm that has been moving through the area. But whatever the official measurements say, the stuff has been coming down all day even in the valley and there's fresh powder everywhere up there.

Not only that, but the mountain is almost completely deserted. It's astounding how quickly business dies down at ski hills once the month of March rolls around. The somewhat nasty weather may have kept a few people at home today, but I've been up on days during peak season when the weather was much worse and runs were two or three times as crowded. Kit Carson Bowl was particularly nice today; the popular run tends to get tracked-out very quickly when the mountain is crowded, but today it was smooth and wide-open, just like you imagine it.

People are already thinking Spring here in NorNev, with the equinox barely a week away. But as always, Mother Nature will have the final word on when the board gets put away for good and we can all start trying to remember where we put our golf clubs. As I sit to write this, out the window of the Fortress of Solitude I can see that snow continues to fall. It's not enough to stick to the roads or cause any sort of inconvenience, but it is a reminder that here in Northern Nevada, more so than in most places, Nature moves on her own timetable. Spring will come, but not until it's damn good and ready.