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Day 93 started at 920 on the tram. Baldy hadn't been opened then BAM, right in the middle of the tram announcements, the tram operator announced she had a correction, Baldy is OPEN! With bluebird skies and fresh resurfaced Baldy from yesterdays earlier closure, the Fields of Glory were just that. Super high speed, you could just absolutely open it up, full throttle down the gut. Jeff and I both agreed that neither of us have ever skied that line that fast. There was simply no competition, snow was sick and visibility was unlimited.
So lap two we assumed we would hit it again, but this time the tram operator finished with, "Oh and Road to Provo will be open in 60 seconds, enjoy!" So that's just what we did, we put first lines down the steepest shot in little cloud bowl, then marched our way through the 2-3 feet of settled snow making our way back to the little cloud chair. After doing that one more time we decided to head out on the Knucklehead Traverse to the top of Gad 2. Once again we were the first out there. We skied directly under the lift which was just ridiculous. There we ran into two of Jeff's work friends who also work for Mountain Sports International. It was our intention to ski back to the tram, catching the bottom of big emma but instead they told us to follow. So that's what we did. Not sure what the line is called but its the exact line that Admin had filmed yesterday afternoon. The only thing was no tracks? Not sure if wind had blown them in but I'm pretty sure there wasn't much new snow late yesterday afternoon, but whatever the reason I'll take it. Once down at the Gadzoom chair we were able to hop the shuttle back to tram plaza. According to Jeff's friends that's the last day of the year they will be running the shuttle so I guess we lucked out.
Finally, back up at the top of Hidden Peak, Jeff and his crew decided to hit Gad2 again, this time I decided to do one more North Baldy down to the car. I think I made the right call as Baldy was still sick, but the shot right above the Heli pad was about 3feet of glue which even my K2 Hellbents couldn't push around.
Sorry the pics are all scenic, the crew I was skiing with today wasn't about to wait for photos. Here is a link to yesterdays powder video I posted to facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65694&id=1231002422#!/video/video.php?v=1459391644711&ref=mf
Day 93 started at 920 on the tram. Baldy hadn't been opened then BAM, right in the middle of the tram announcements, the tram operator announced she had a correction, Baldy is OPEN! With bluebird skies and fresh resurfaced Baldy from yesterdays earlier closure, the Fields of Glory were just that. Super high speed, you could just absolutely open it up, full throttle down the gut. Jeff and I both agreed that neither of us have ever skied that line that fast. There was simply no competition, snow was sick and visibility was unlimited.
So lap two we assumed we would hit it again, but this time the tram operator finished with, "Oh and Road to Provo will be open in 60 seconds, enjoy!" So that's just what we did, we put first lines down the steepest shot in little cloud bowl, then marched our way through the 2-3 feet of settled snow making our way back to the little cloud chair. After doing that one more time we decided to head out on the Knucklehead Traverse to the top of Gad 2. Once again we were the first out there. We skied directly under the lift which was just ridiculous. There we ran into two of Jeff's work friends who also work for Mountain Sports International. It was our intention to ski back to the tram, catching the bottom of big emma but instead they told us to follow. So that's what we did. Not sure what the line is called but its the exact line that Admin had filmed yesterday afternoon. The only thing was no tracks? Not sure if wind had blown them in but I'm pretty sure there wasn't much new snow late yesterday afternoon, but whatever the reason I'll take it. Once down at the Gadzoom chair we were able to hop the shuttle back to tram plaza. According to Jeff's friends that's the last day of the year they will be running the shuttle so I guess we lucked out.
Finally, back up at the top of Hidden Peak, Jeff and his crew decided to hit Gad2 again, this time I decided to do one more North Baldy down to the car. I think I made the right call as Baldy was still sick, but the shot right above the Heli pad was about 3feet of glue which even my K2 Hellbents couldn't push around.
Sorry the pics are all scenic, the crew I was skiing with today wasn't about to wait for photos. Here is a link to yesterdays powder video I posted to facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65694&id=1231002422#!/video/video.php?v=1459391644711&ref=mf
