I went the Wednesday between Christmas and New Yea...

I went the Wednesday between Christmas and New Years for my first visit to Snow Bowl. While the Flagstaff area was breaking high temperature records and the region was unseasonably dry, the AZ Snowbowl still had about 50% of its trails open (No Blacks but some good long Blues and Greens open), a good man-made snow base of ~ 18 inches, and a good amount of people. The rental skis performed well and I was able to obtain a half-day rental price. Unfortunately, the resort does not offer a half day lift ticket during that holiday week, even though we stated that we were only skiing a half day (~ 4 hours)...I believe they really need to offer half-day lift tickets, especially when only 50% of the trails are open. Overall a good experience for the above average skier.