Skiing in POWDER at the end of April

so Esther Yang is here visiting me this week. It's been a blast so far. today we went skiing/snowboarding at Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon. She did quite well as it had been a full decade since she had last touched a pair of skis. unfortunately, snowbird is quite steep, with virtually no green runs. so she was thrust out into the world of blue-rated runs far too quickly. but at the end of the day we retired to the bunny slope(the easiest run on the mountain) and switched gear- she put on my snowboard and i used her skiis. it was so fun! she did very well, for the first time. if you have never tried to snowboarding, it is super hard- it feels nearly impossible when you first begin. so we started her with "falling leaf' which is the movement you make to first get down the hill when you have no idea which way is up or down on the snowboard. she did really well with it. i have more pictures i'll post later (by the way, i just really discovered thsi whole picture thing- can you tell?! i've posted like 10 pictures in the last day. but now you all can see what i actualy do out here and what it really looks like!) but what is the craziest thing about today is that snowbird probably will recieve around 3-5 inches of snow by the end of the day. it's april for crying out loud!! how can there be snow?! but there is- we still have a base depth of 150 inches and the snow is still falling. so, not only did esther get to ski at the end of april (when it is like 95 degrees in arkansas) but she got some powder to boot. that's utah for you- everybody should live here (except that then it would be too crowded and i'd wish that everyone would leave). so, hurray for snow in april and a good day of riding!!!