The corn at MT Hood reached epic levels Thursday for me anyway. I keep saying it's my best day ever each time I ski this season.
Arrived at the Mountain expecting winds out of the east at 8 mph. But when we arrived the temp was good at 20f or so but the winds were howling. Only 3 out of 6 lifts were operating.
I skied with my friend until things started to get sticky at 1130 or so and he called it a day. I gave him the car key and said "I'll see you in an hour or so. Shortly thereafter the resort opened another lift at a slightly higher elevation that serviced one of the terrain parks. As I rode the lift up the boarders and skiers were tearing it up under the the lift.
For the next 45 minutes I was standing on my downhill ski making moderate S turns. Sometimes one pole per turn, sometimes two or three quick short radius ones.
The liftline was long so more people were willing to share ride so I got in 5 runs before I went back to car and rescued my friend.
The last run I made a high speed J hook turn up a interconnecting slope where the lift wasn't operating due to wind.
Creamy, glistening snow awaited and I made a set of short radius turns down hill. Did a hockey stop to admire my handiwork abd rewarded myself by blowing out of my left ski and landing on the soft snow. The best part of this was there were no witnesses