Am I the Only One Who Likes Groomed Snow Better Than Powder?

           Over the weekend, my awesome dad and I decided to take a weekend long trip to Mammoth. We packed up got in the car and hit the road at 6 am. By 11:45 we got there. It was a beautiful day up in Mammoth. We checked into a hotel room and headed staright for the mountain to get some runs in. The setup was super sick. They had a jumpline on Forest Trail that was amazing. Also, The superpipe was great. 22 feet high of pure awesomeness. I loved that and rode it all day!!! Eventually the mountain closed for the day at 3 but it was still an awesome day!! Then since we still had time left in the day, we went to Gomez's in the Village which was cool! And after that we headed to the Mammoth skatepark about 5 minutes from our hotel. It was a very natural feel to the park which was surrounded by trees and snow covered mountains. It was awesome! Then that night it snowed! the forecast said 2-4 inches, but fortunately or unfortunalety, it snowed atleast 7 inches before 9 am. We walked 2 blocks in the freezing cold snow and caught a shuttle to the mountain. 5 swurvy snowy minutes later we were at the mountain and headed straight for the Gondola. The winds were unbelievable and the Gondola shielded us from the winds. Unfortunately, with that kind of weather, the groomed fast snow thats great for jumping, jibbing, and Superpipe riding (The snow I love), all freezes and then your left with ice or super deep powder great for slashing and spraying (The snow my dad loves). Since I'm not the biggest guy out there, I couldn't maintain any speed even going straight down. I didn't give up on freestyle riding, however, it wasn't as fun as the first day. Overall, It was a very good trip even though we drove for 12 hours over all and only Snowboarded for 6 hours. Totally worth it.