Cream on dusty ice

Three to five inches on Aspen Mountain, all right. A thick layer of cream fell hard before midnight, brought in by a steady wind. There were still some firm brownish bumbs in between wind-driven piles of snow. Spar first thing with three to four inches over a flat surface on the left-hand side was pleasant. Walsh's rope-drop at about 10 a.m. lead to some soft, some hard snow. But it is snowing steadily on top and it was a nice morning of skiing, no question. Just in case you wanted to know...