Well, CONC finally toured Flagline Tie on Friday March 21.  Many things could have turned a thick snow day into an epic something or other.  But the sun stayed away and for the first couple of miles we skied tracks from 2 days before that were covered with a few inches of new.   Then the group operated as a democracy and voted to tackle trail breaking to Flagline Tie; now that showed great character! And...at the Butte Trail/Flagline Tie Trail intersection an energetic couple came by and broke trail on the Tie and Flagline!  Still, when we got near Swampy Shelter, it was a unanimous no brainer to rest and eat before the final push back on the well travelled Swampy Loop.