To snowboard before Halloween in So Cal is pretty remarkable, especially considering a few days ago we were going through a heat wave. A quick drop in temperatures on Tuesday allowed Mountain High to blast out a base adequate enough for shredding and have their second earliest opening ever. It was definitely a good time and everyone was stoked to be back on the snow, mostly cruising and finding their snow legs. Today, Thursday, was open to season pass holders only, starting Friday, the resort is open to everyone from 9am (or maybe 8:30) until 10pm. Despite the fact that the resort was open to season pass holders and VIPs’ only and it was a Thursday, it was still pretty busy. Lot’s of people bought season passes recently and picked em up today before riding. Season passes are on sale for $299 until Halloween if you wanna hit up that deal. When you cruise up in the next few days because you love snowboarding you will find that about 10 obstacles are setup including; several fun boxes, a little roller box, a 20 foot rail, 2 podium boxes, and little lexan jump. There is adequate coverage on the three trails that combined ,make one top to bottom run open for shredding. Maybe more stuff will be open tomorrow. Lift ticket prices are reduced, costs being $25 for kids, $30 for night (5-10pm), $35 for 4 hours and $40 for 8 hours. Hey, Halloween on the snow, at night, that would be cooler than free candy.

1,000 vertical feet of shred fun on opening day 

Cory Cronk cruises with style on the first day of the year at Mountain High  

 The snowmaking crew had the snowmakers on for 39 hours straight prior to the 9 am opening on Thursday October . The cat here is finalizing some grooming just before the lifts allow people on

Sweet, looks like Aspen corduroy for a few minutes until everyone blasts down the run

 The first chair of the 09-10 season in So Cal snowboarding

 and the first person down to the bottom

“Get the picture” - Trevor 

The snow report said there was an 8-12 inch base which sounds thin but it was a solid base, there were very few bare spots or rocks sticking through

Kyle Lopiccolo makes a little gap look pretty rad by gapping it on his nose

                                                                                                  cruisy little back 180

   Doubles with Cory Cronk

Mike Burton was on hand for opening day, as was Nima and a few dudes from Ashbury and a ton of other people, everyone seemed stoked to put their board to snow and get started on the season

The resort is planning to stay open until Sunday, after that be sure to check their website for updates www.mthigh.com   and if you go, bring goggles in case they are running snowmaking