Cry Me a River

It’s late season for snowboarding here in the Midwest, which means that ski area employees have to shuffle snow around. During most of the season the lifties brush snow off chairs. Towards the end of the season, they may have to replenish the snow that’s melting in the immediate vicinity of the chair lift by taking it from elsewhere.

The snow at the base of a ski area will be among the first areas to melt, leaving big puddles of water that, at night, might freeze into sheets of ice.

So workers dig into the snow, creating trenches that will store an accumulation of water.

Just another sign that the end is near.

By the way, some folks were warming up at a nearby driving range yesterday.