Day 10: Lather, rinse...repeat.
So, how was the snow pack? The surface? The weather? The crowd? The photos? See yesterday's report, for today was a carbon copy. Firm, fast, and (yes) fun again.
OK, a couple of things were different. For one, AmyZ was along today so I wasn't skiing alone. We were there at the opening bell instead of mid-day. OK...that's about the whole list of differences.
Once again I didn't see a single person venturing off the groomed runs today. It turns out that Snowbird patrol closed the Mid-Cirque Traverse due to thin cover, not firm cover (confirmed with patrol). So we were still hemmed into the same terrain that we were yesterday. We'd alternate Hidden Peak->Gad Valley->Gadzoom->Tram->Chip's to try to mix things up as best we could, and by 11:30 a.m. we had logged ~15,000 quick verts.
Because everything was so similar I wasn't even motivated to shoot photos today, and just took two quick cell phone snaps from the Tram:
Back to Alta tomorrow. The weather models are still in disagreement about our possible late weekend storm. We could sure use it.
So, how was the snow pack? The surface? The weather? The crowd? The photos? See yesterday's report, for today was a carbon copy. Firm, fast, and (yes) fun again.
OK, a couple of things were different. For one, AmyZ was along today so I wasn't skiing alone. We were there at the opening bell instead of mid-day. OK...that's about the whole list of differences.
Once again I didn't see a single person venturing off the groomed runs today. It turns out that Snowbird patrol closed the Mid-Cirque Traverse due to thin cover, not firm cover (confirmed with patrol). So we were still hemmed into the same terrain that we were yesterday. We'd alternate Hidden Peak->Gad Valley->Gadzoom->Tram->Chip's to try to mix things up as best we could, and by 11:30 a.m. we had logged ~15,000 quick verts.
Because everything was so similar I wasn't even motivated to shoot photos today, and just took two quick cell phone snaps from the Tram:
Back to Alta tomorrow. The weather models are still in disagreement about our possible late weekend storm. We could sure use it.