I'm dreaming of a bluebird Christmas Eve

Today was an incredibly beautiful day on the mountain...blue skies, bright sun, temperatures as high as you would want them for skiing.  We managed to catch the lift to the highest terrain here just minutes after it opened for the first time this week, which allowed us to make a run in untouched, deep powder before it was completely chewed up by hundreds of other skiers.  It will undoubtedly be the single best ski run of the trip, possibly of the winter, and certainly makes the list of all-time best ski runs!

We ate out tonight, our one dinner out for the trip.  We asked a local to recommend a good place for barbeque and his recommendation was spot-on.  It was a delicious dinner in an almost empty restaurant with a friendly staff.  I ate *way* too much food, but I expect that I'll work it off tomorrow on the mountain.  We've been told that the resort is all but deserted on Christmas, which means that we should be able to make the most of our day, without having to wait in line for any of the lifts.

It is going to be a little weird not doing any of the traditional Christmas things tomorrow, but it didn't make sense to cart presents all the way out here to unwrap, and then lug them home again.  We'll open presents and such when we get home on the weekend.