KEY to designations on my ski trip reports

P     powder day

P-     not quite a powder day. I want to keep the standard for a true "powder day" high so generally I'll use P- when one or more of the following apply: Less than roughly 5-6" new snow; more than 24 hours since last new snow, even if there's still plenty of untracked; or enough new snow to qualify for powder-day status but it's wet/manky/not really close to "powdery." I reserve the right to use the full P designation despite one of these disqualifications if a day nonetheless produced substantial amounts of deep untracked.

1     (that's the numeral 1) first-ever alpine turns at a ski area/spot

E     earned turns (skinned or booted up)

N     NELSAP area

Last modified December 20 2009