Closed on Thursday

Our goal is to reopen the ski area on Friday the 9th. We are approching 10 plus inches of rain on a conntenintal snow pack. Though we really do not have a deep snow pack it is one of the most unpradictable situations I have seen, even more so than the large avalanche cycle last season. Today on the hill some explosives tests produce a few small class 1s. Explosives do not responed or work well or give you an indication of instability or stability. Right now there is so much free water in the snow pack that areas I am thinking about are Sunny Slope, Show Case, Race Course Knoll areas where water can pool on top and cause mogualed or ski slopes to avalanche. With the forecast we should drain the rain by tomorow night and begain to refreeze. From what I saw today we could see 1-3' of snow above 5000' by tomorow morning. More later Jon