Alta, UT 3/23/2015

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Day 46: Disappointing.

I'm a bit late in getting this out. Normally, 4" of new snow on Monday morning wouldn't be enough to get me to head up the canyon on Monday afternoon, but this isn't a normal winter.

So I found myself driving up to Alta for a few Collins laps at the end of the day on Monday. What I found was rudely disappointing. For starters, the new snow was the consistency of elephant snot -- it appeared that the snow line was somewhere around 7500 feet. Next, despite its heftiness it wasn't nearly dense enough to keep you off the refrozen base. Combine that with the fact that our dry spell has been so long that everything that isn't groomed is a bump field, and it was really some unpleasant skiing. I didn't last long before turning tail and heading home.

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46 Days? I'm catching you quick......... :twisted:

Day 11 at Discovery, 4" new. Lapped Limelight from 10am rope drop to the close. Skied hard.
 
Yeah, q, this will be my lowest total in a decade in Utah. Pathetic.

Glad you're having fun!
 
I'm getting a lot of mileage into a very skinny winter, backside of Discovery is skiing at times as good as ever. Then there is whisky and beer so all good.
 
Admin":2yku06wc said:
What I found was rudely disappointing. For starters, the new snow was the consistency of elephant snot -- it appeared that the snow line was somewhere around 7500 feet. Next, despite its heftiness it wasn't nearly dense enough to keep you off the refrozen base,
How did the snow line move up when storm moved from CA to UT? Shouldn't it be the other way? Snow line was 'only' 6500-7000 in CA on Monday. Report to be posted soon.
 
Skiing Monday at Alta was definetly underwhelming. That said, yesterday was actually pretty decent all things considering. The snow Tuesday evening was low water content, and combined with Monday's elephant snot, it skied surprising deep for such a modest snowfall. Yes, the icy bumps were still present underneath the recent snow on some aspects/runs, but it was bottomless on others. Nice day.
 
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