Better Late Than Never

Forget the lion. March was a monster, dumping snow by the foot on both coasts and dragging temps low enough in the Midwest to turn snowguns back on, salvaging a ski season that was beginning to look very dreary indeed. Instead, it ended with war whoops and powder and big momentum headed into next season.

But one month at the end, no matter how great, cannot make up for Christmas, MLK, and Presidents’ week—subpar in many parts of the country, either because it was too cold, too rainy, too warm, had too little snow, or all of the above.