The optimism is great, the phones are ringing, reservations are flowing in. The word is definitely out that it's going to be a good season. Anytime there's a good ski season that naturally spills over into summer. It's that liquid gold, the snow.

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We'd like to see a nice gradual warm-up so we can preserve water and get the longest season possible. Right now we're expecting high water and good fun water that we haven't seen in several years.

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Ideally we'd like to see a nice cool-down, not too warm and windy, and then it doesn't really warm up until the tourists get here in June. It's tough to watch the water going by when there's no one in town to enjoy it.

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