Today was a typical day on Mt. Hood; snowing, sunny, windy and cloudy; all at the same time.
A cold storm moved in from the northwest bringing 3-4″; maybe a little more in some spots; of light, fluffy snow; something we have not seen much of in this El Nino year. Always nice to have fresh tracks in fresh powder.
As is usually the case here at Mt. Hood Meadows; the snow gets tracked up in about an hour so you have to get there early.
I was lucky enough to be one of the first into Heather Canyon today. A little windblown on top with powder pockets in between the wind ridges; nice deep pow in the middle canyon where the wind blew the snow down the valley.
As I rode out of the canyon on the Heather lift; I wondered if this might be the last good trip down the canyon in this rapidly approaching El Nino spring.