Inside the Highlands Bowl

Inside the Highlands Bowl. At left is the shot I took after skiing down just about the first drop-in of the bow. I was then standing at the bottom of my run looking up at the rest of the drop-ins that one has to hike to to ski down. I'm too lazy to hike all that way (takes about 20 minutes I was told), but I've heard that "G-5" or "G-8" is worth the hike—that's the run where you can just make out where the skiers are. The shot at right is after I skied down a bit, further away from the bowl. The ski-out is fairly nice, with somewhat flat moguls that you go through to get to the cat road that takes you to the lift.

The pic below is of the run I took down into the bowl. There was one other guy after me, which gives you an idea of scale. I'm looking straight up, so you can see that the run is somewhat steep, but not too treacherous. The snow this year was much better than last year as it was a bit colder so not as slushy.