January 1, 2006, Paradise

Gary Vogt led us on Vogt tour de jour  Gary myself and John &jody skied up alta vista down to the road and made 4 runs on West facing mazama. Maybe 8 "  new.  Pretty good and snow dried out as we skied further into the day. Tomorrow will be powder skiing up there. Bond was good we ski cut some 35-40 knolls and our last run was on the Avalanche slope. there was a wet layer 7-8 " down. but Gary was the only one noticing it as his skis are classic style. Overall Paradise did not experince as strong winds as other locales. Saw 5 skiers all day ? gate was open at 10 30 when we passed thru. probaly opened at 10 as there were maybe 15 cars already in  P p lot.End of the day we were seeing some blue sky and jillion intertubers having fun.