Instructing at Whistler we used to go up the lifts at 8am before the kids came at 9...one morning in the spring, it stayed about 1 degree (celcius) overnight so the cords were perfectly soft and nice and grippy....we made it up the peak and bombed down to creekside, 5 of us, no stopping, with fresh cords......it was actually one of the most fun runs of my life...we didnt have to worry about blind rollers or anything cause no one was on the mountain....ripping corners and airing large off the rollers and roads.....**drool**