Spring skiing on the vertical smile from David Young on Vimeo.

Jon Lamb and I got out for some truly enjoyable backcountry skiing on March 25th. I was very surprised at the snow quality, as most places I had skied were pretty sloppy. We'd had some rain and warm weather and everything was pretty manked up - except for the North facing goodies we found in this video. The first run even had some legitimate powder even if it was only 4 or 5 inches. It ended up being a really great day of touring even though I was somewhat reluctant to head out in the morning. It seems like, to me anyway, any day of touring is better than a day in the resort.