Stupid question, really, but it was a question that dawned on me today as I was pointing my skis directly down quite a steep hill and not going ANYWHERE on account of the soft powder piled up  above my knees.

About 2 feet of the lightest, softest, most glorious powder has fallen in the last 24 hours, which means that where it’s drifting and settling it’s 4 or 5 feet deep. It probably gets deeper, but no amount of speed is going to get you through such a wall of snow.

Unfortunately this unprecented quantity, coupled with high winds, is a bit of a nightmare for the resort operators, since none of the higher lifts were running today, and the avalanche risk is off the scale. But don’t worry – it’s slackening off tonight and trickling to a stop on Saturday afternoon.

Brace yourselves for a very happy Easter.

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