Day 3
Some ibuprofen before bed last night, and another three-pill dose this morning meant that I was able to get much more skiing in today.
The snow today was nowhere near as good as it was yesterday as it stiffened up considerably overnight. Despite warm temps well into the 40s today, it never really softened up much, either. We need a good dump to cover up some of the early-season nasties and to freshen things up nicely, but we're stuck under a dome of high pressure. They're talking about a potential storm Thursday into Friday, but it's looking less and less impressive in the forecast with each passing day.
We had a big group today, and the whole family was out as The Wife and The Kid both skied. The Wife shocked me by saying that she's going to try to get out as much as she can -- maybe things are coming around? :shock:
After a 9 a.m. breakfast at Goldminer's Daughter we caught the Collins lift right after the 9:15 opening. Bob Dangerous and Marc_C were with us again today, plus our friend Sam and his kids Dean and Kelsey. We also spent a run and lunch with friend Nato.
The group stuck together for most of the day for a mix of groomers and off-piste madness, although after lunch Bob snuck over to Snowbird to sample things over there. The run of the day came from finding some left over creamy untracked dropping from Wildcat down to Collins. Other off-piste experiments were skier's right of Sunspot in amongst the rocks (not nearly as good as it looked from the Collins lift), lower Extrovert (much stiffer than yesterday), and Liftline Trees/Fred's Slot (stiff snow with some understory still poking through).
We wrapped up the day with beer under the warm sun on the Goldminer's Daughter patio as the kids took a few extra runs filming their exploits. Life's good! 8) I've attached one silent clip here:
The snow may not have been perfect, but the company and the day both were. It is mid-November after all. I had a blast.
Pictures are here:
Some ibuprofen before bed last night, and another three-pill dose this morning meant that I was able to get much more skiing in today.
The snow today was nowhere near as good as it was yesterday as it stiffened up considerably overnight. Despite warm temps well into the 40s today, it never really softened up much, either. We need a good dump to cover up some of the early-season nasties and to freshen things up nicely, but we're stuck under a dome of high pressure. They're talking about a potential storm Thursday into Friday, but it's looking less and less impressive in the forecast with each passing day.
We had a big group today, and the whole family was out as The Wife and The Kid both skied. The Wife shocked me by saying that she's going to try to get out as much as she can -- maybe things are coming around? :shock:
After a 9 a.m. breakfast at Goldminer's Daughter we caught the Collins lift right after the 9:15 opening. Bob Dangerous and Marc_C were with us again today, plus our friend Sam and his kids Dean and Kelsey. We also spent a run and lunch with friend Nato.
The group stuck together for most of the day for a mix of groomers and off-piste madness, although after lunch Bob snuck over to Snowbird to sample things over there. The run of the day came from finding some left over creamy untracked dropping from Wildcat down to Collins. Other off-piste experiments were skier's right of Sunspot in amongst the rocks (not nearly as good as it looked from the Collins lift), lower Extrovert (much stiffer than yesterday), and Liftline Trees/Fred's Slot (stiff snow with some understory still poking through).
We wrapped up the day with beer under the warm sun on the Goldminer's Daughter patio as the kids took a few extra runs filming their exploits. Life's good! 8) I've attached one silent clip here:
The snow may not have been perfect, but the company and the day both were. It is mid-November after all. I had a blast.
Pictures are here:
