Maury Markowitz
New member
Well as the guys here said, 50 degrees in the valley means nothing on the hill. All that consternation for nothing, it's still winter on the hills.
I spent the first day skiing laps off of Eagle to get my legs back in shape, and took an advanced lesson as well. Seems I've been skiing these things all wrong, and after some practice putting more weight onto the uphill ski my technique improved an astonishing amount. Now I can do a high-speed cruise down the easier blacks and not have my legs on fire for the second half of the hill. Worth every penny!
Overall the conditions are packed, even with the inch or so we got on monday night. There's a few scrapped areas off of Apex and Summit, but nothing serious, and certainly nothing like what I'm used to back home. There's a bit of crud on the sides in places, but easy to avoid, and although there's a few patches of powder-covered hardpack in the less-skiied areas, they're really limited. The bumps really improved overnight with the added snow, so I spent most of Tuesday skiing them under Summit until the lift closed.
So for anyone reading this from the east, ignore the weather reports (remember: dry adiabatic lapse rate) and come on out! The drive up to the resort is almost worth it alone, and I forgot how much more fun it is to ski directly onto the lift -- there's no one here, I see why they call it Solitude.
Tomorrow: Alta.
I spent the first day skiing laps off of Eagle to get my legs back in shape, and took an advanced lesson as well. Seems I've been skiing these things all wrong, and after some practice putting more weight onto the uphill ski my technique improved an astonishing amount. Now I can do a high-speed cruise down the easier blacks and not have my legs on fire for the second half of the hill. Worth every penny!
Overall the conditions are packed, even with the inch or so we got on monday night. There's a few scrapped areas off of Apex and Summit, but nothing serious, and certainly nothing like what I'm used to back home. There's a bit of crud on the sides in places, but easy to avoid, and although there's a few patches of powder-covered hardpack in the less-skiied areas, they're really limited. The bumps really improved overnight with the added snow, so I spent most of Tuesday skiing them under Summit until the lift closed.
So for anyone reading this from the east, ignore the weather reports (remember: dry adiabatic lapse rate) and come on out! The drive up to the resort is almost worth it alone, and I forgot how much more fun it is to ski directly onto the lift -- there's no one here, I see why they call it Solitude.
Tomorrow: Alta.