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Another great powder day!


Brenda and Jason having fun in the powder!


The snow has been falling for a few days straight and the powder totals have been building up. Our local Hwy 40 shortcut to the mountain has been closed. Jason and I decided to enjoy the road closure by making a downhill run home down Hwy 40. The Hwy appears quite steep and twisty when making the daily drive. However when you pile 3' of fresh snow on the highway and attempt to ski down it turns out there is not enough vertical/gravity to build any momentum thus we enjoyed a 3 1/2 mile trek (see push, step, walk, climb, sweat, bonk) from the top closed gate to beyond the bottom closed gate where our ride home awaited us. At times there was chest deep powder to navigate, recent avalanche activity and what seemed like the longest 3 1/2 mile road I can remember. We began our trek at about 4:30 and finished under the night sky at about 7:30. Jason and I have considered this box checked and see no need to attempt the Hwy 40 downhill any time soon.