Jan 18, 2010 Stevens

Much better than expected.  Hovered right around 32 degrees but colder in the shadow and fog.  Intermittently sunny and amazingly non-windy esp. compared to Seattle.  Meteorology is really interesting.  As far as snow went, the back side groomers suffered the typical sun-effected mid-day shift from packed powder to weird presto log stuff.  We tried Tye bowl, 7th (Rock Garden), lower I-5, Aquarius face and generic cruisers but stayed away from the harder stuff.  Coverage is still quite low.  Best snow: Tye Mill. The runs we did ski were really pretty acceptable.  No lift lines, no traffic issues, with significant additional snow it could get pretty good.