Patience

By this time next week I will have four rounds of golf on the year. You probably have had the sticks out yourself and maybe had a chance to play a round or two. If you are like me, I am sure you are ready to get out to Vail and play some golf in the coming weeks.
Well we all need a little more patience when it comes to golf around these parts. We have maintained a foot of snow over the last week on the course and there are no signs of that total dropping anytime soon. More snow in the forecast and the high temperatures are not looking to get out of the 40's over the next 5 days.
Throughout the area we are above averages in both snow pack and snow water equivalent. This is a good thing, you will never hear me complain about moisture in Vail.
We are riding a double edged sword as we approach spring. We are in need of the warm dry days to get on with summer and begin "growing in" this golf course again. However, as we experienced last year, too many of those warm days could bring a large run off again. No one wants to seeing flooding, destruction and golf course closures again.
As the mountain comes to a close this Sunday and the chairs stop moving, the pressure is on to get outside and onto summer events. Those who have been around here long enough are fortunate enough to get out of town for a bit and steal away a few summer days elsewhere.
Due to the early snows we had to shut down some projects prematurely and are anxious to getting back to them as soon as possible. A little patience is needed to allow conditions to improve so that we may begin getting the season in full swing.