That was my experience the past few weeks (except for the week we were in Boston)Skied Heavenly with the groms this weekend.
Canyon chair is open.
Busy but tolerable.
Seemed like a lot of Bay Area folks relatively new to the sport & obviously very enthusiastically embracing the early season.
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the cool thing is that everyone is excited to be on snow and there is a ton of joy out there.