Plan B on Memorial Day

Usually, the Ph.D. of Ski and I skin up Medicine Bow Peak for a few backcountry runs on Memorial Day. But this year, Highway 130 to the base of Bow Peak is still closed due to the deep mountain snowpack.
So, instead we decided to hit the closed Snowy Range Ski Area. We had the place to ourselves except for some drunken college kids who showed up in the afternoon with sleds and energy.
We braved the wind, sun, snow, clouds and other spring weather conditions for three runs, Marty on AT gear and me on telemark skis. The snow was mostly mid-deep slush, but conditions approached the mythical corn snow in places.
Even though it wasn't our first choice, a day at Snowy Range turned out to be all we needed.