Nice day for ski race

Sunny, highs in the upper 30s today. Much better racing conditions today than yesterday’s gray light. Not much, if any, snow in the forecast for the coming week. Maybe a few flakes Wednesday or Thursday. Without snowmaking, we would not be skiing this week. For the U.S. Ski Team in this morning's slalom run, Vonn is running 7th, Hailey Duke 27th, Sterling Grant 35th, Julia Mancuso 52nd, Sarah Schleper 53rd, Julia Ford 55th, and Kaylin Richardson 63rd. The start positions were chosen at random. An American woman has not won a slalom race in Aspen since 1981. Water-injected race course this morning is radically hard and icy. Universal Sports carrying the race live online and providing great images.