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The West Vail Deck Cam reveals a pile of fresh snow Friday morning, with more on the way throughout the weekend.
By David O. Williams

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First major powder day of the season

Foot of snow nails Vail, postpones women's downhill in Aspen

By David O. Williams

December 7, 2007 — Just a quick blog to let you know that if you don’t believe snow reports like the one from Ski Country USA on this page stating Vail got 10 inches of new snow and Beaver Creek picked up eight, you’re right to be skeptical.

In fact, as you can see from the West Vail Deck Cam, those totals should be much higher. They’re taken at 5 a.m., and I can say for fact that we’ve had a few inches more since then. And that’s on top of four inches the day before. The Back Bowls open Saturday, Dec. 8, so all is right with the world.

But not the World Cup. The women’s downhill in Aspen has been postponed, and that means I’m headed up to Vail as soon as I deposit all my kids in various daycares, grade schools and ski schools.

I’m moving a little slow owing to the furious party schedule of late – Millennium Society fundraiser last night followed by the fabulous opening of Spago in the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, with Wolfgang Puck in the house (more on that later) – but I’m rallying to go out and get the beta on the biggest storm of the season so far.

I owe it to all the loyal RealVail readers.

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