Cooler morning temps. set the dance floor up a bit tighter, but the pack in Mineral Basin had broken, offering top to bottom goodness on Powder Paradise and the Lower Silver Dipper lines. Lupine Loop was still a tad stiff, so the Morning Crew took advantage of the low traffic to pound out fast laps on the dial-o-matic carpets. After the first hour, the lines on Lupine Loop broke and we worked the soft velvet lines that were wide open and vacant. On the front of the hill, both side were going to take quite a bit longer with temps. slow to warm up. After the Morning Recon. Meeting at the Forklift, the Peruvian Gulch was next to break and top to bottom lines of softening goodness was fast and fun. Low traffic on the hill made laps there feel like a private resort, with untracked corduroy still left begging lap after lap. Regulator broke around 1PM., and the lower elevations on the Gad side broke as well, offering yet another top to bottom extravaganza which was hard to beat. At 2PM. Mark Malu finally began to break, completing a full run for the Sun day of corn goodness. I stopped in at The Summit to bask in the energetic vibrations. I got this unusual shot of one of the subtle features. Tomorrow, look for another great day of amazing corn conditions. The Grooming Crew has done an amazing job of resmoothing the big lines to big back country standards, which you would find if you had hiked for them. I marvel at the expanse of ground pounding smooth that we get to have lift accessed, after spending so many years looking there and contemplating the future. Well, the future is here and it feels great. Once again, stay with the Sun and follow the break as it unfolds. Mineral Basin will offer the goods and the rest will follow in turn. You can take that to the bank. See the Line, BE the Line!!

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