Beginning of the end???

"This is the end, my beautiful friend, the end"
-Jim Morrison

Well, after a late start to the season, for the last few weeks we have actually been getting some snow here in So. Vermont. But that changed last night, as a spout of rain fell from the sky. This probably signals the beginning of the end of the ski season. Sure enough, ther brown spots had already begun to appear mid slope, a sure sign of the encroachment of spring.

Now, I am not dreading the end of the ski season per se, but rather that transition phase. I'm taliking about the next 6-8 weeks of cold, grey, piss falling from the sky. There's a reason the NCAA tournament is this time of year- the only thing good to do on the weekend is park yourself in front of a TV and watch a lot of basketball. Also, this is the perfect time of year to get the hell out of the Northeast. Some better planning on my part probably would have had me heading to Utah or Colorado in the next week or so, and actually if all of my friends in Utah hadn't been unavailable, I'm sure I would be drinking green 3.2 beer this St. Paddy's day.

So now I must endure a month and a half of misery, every ski day one day closer to closing day. I fear that the snowpack has peaked, and every day we will see the base depth decrease instead of increase. I hope for one more storm to blow through, and perhaps some of this rain will translate into snow up at Tuck's. But for now I can only break out the soft wax, and hope that the green spots don't grow too fast.