12/21 - Crystal

Arrived 1pm lot-A add-on spot, just as rain was changing over to snow.  Various cars poorly parked in new white marked parking spots resulting in a bunch of 1-car rows.. Many parking opportunities.  Need snowpack in lot so we can revert to normal parking order.  Fairly big attendance today with C & D lots mostly full, but minimal lines on the lifts. Upper A lot half full.   Frontside was open with great cover and nice medium density pow until you reached anything below ~5500' like under the steepest face under REX..  where the rain damage began with everything lower down being a few new over half frozen nasty mank.  GV skied well under the lift.. didn't check anything else.   Snowpack great until ~5000 elevation where it became pretty thin so need another few feet to open stuff like lower-E, bull, deer-fly.  Happy first day for me and #1.  Did not see ddk, who likes to be extra friendly with my #1!