Arrived at the mountain around 15 minutes before opening. Perfect! Suited up and grabbed my board. Took one step on the snow pack and thought, this is going to be a painful day. It was all ice. Not to worry, I'll just take it easy. Right...
Second run of the day I was straight lining a run (going very fast) and went to carve around a corner and slid out on a icy spot. Bounced on my backside a few times. Got up and continued, no worse for wear. Wash, rinse repeat about eight more times. At this point its around 1pm. The lift lines are getting ridiculously long, due to people getting familiar with riding lifts and lift operation problems. Combine this with a biting wind and fingers that are going numb and I think its time to call it a day.
The car handled amazingly with the new snow tires (Dunlop Winter Sport M3). Executed a few hard braking stops without a hint of the ABS assisting and went around corners with no assistance from the traction control.
Final Conclusion: It was a good day. Can't wait for day two.