Old Man Winter Shows Up Early

Here it is mid November and we get the call that the snow has arrived and there is lots more fresh about to hit, so do our final checks for the season and ensure our equipment is ready.  We watch the weather bulletins and we can see the massive front heading for Revy.  Then it's like the 2014/15 sled season all over again, the temperature begins to rise from 3, to 4 to 5 and then to 6 degrees celcius.  The massive front is now rain, and lots of it, the valley is drenched and it seems mother nature has teased us again and then spoiled it with warm temperatures.  But we are hardy souls, or maybe addicted, so we head up the hill expecting the worse, hoping for the best.  We unload at the 7 KM marker in the rain / wet snow and are hopeful.  We head up the Kirkup Trail through wet snow, and then at about  3800 m we see Old Man Winter has arrived with 5 feet of fresh snow in the trees.  We quickly head off the trail and blast up through the trees into a riding zone we call Homer's Hole.  The area has nice tree spacing, rolling hills, and some technical aspects that always keeps us coming back.  We spend the next while carving fresh lines into fresh pow while being thankful that Old Man Winter has decided to come back to Revy.  We eventually end up at the Cabin to meet up with more friends and quickly head back into the trees to begin to make up for the terrible winter we had last year.  We ended up burning a tank of gas while breaking into old familiar areas and revisiting the mountain we love so much, especially when it's covered in fresh deep snow, thanks Old Man Winter, we missed you.