So, went down there again yesterday. For the fourth time in a row it was better than we thought it would be....
On the way down we almost stopped at buck creek ridge 'cause there were a few other people there, but we wisely decided to go where the sure bet was. There was still a lot of grass showing on the trail up out of the main parking there.
We only did two top trail this time 'cause they just groomed it and I knew of a meadow up high. Well, that meadow was crappy, but the MUCH larger meadows up by the final climb to the summit were sweet! Just below the trail, the snow was good, but further down was pretty awesome. Thigh-deep freshies for hours, face shots and everything.... Didn't hit anything either(of course had to avoid some suspects).
So we burned half a tank there.
We did go up to the summit and it was thin and crusty with some rocks, but wasn't too bad. A short window in the weather allowed us a good view.
It did dump some nice flakes for about a half hour while we were playing in the meadows(2 or 3 inches), but other than a few teaser flurries, no other new snow while we were there. It looked like a few inches of snow was new in town between Monday and Friday.