early season conditions

Anyone out riding in Alaska yet? I've seen a few pics here and there...??

This is long, but I didn't want to leave anything out. A group of five (4 snowboarders and a skier) went out to ride Mt. Baldy north of Crested Butte, CO on Sunday. I was one of the snowboarders. We drove in a ways in a chained up truck, but some idiot parked in the road where we could not...