Not the best day as far as snow and weather goes, but we had a good time. I met Don, a dude I work with and a splitboarder, at the mouth of Little at 6:30. I listened Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot on the drive up (and down). Neither of us were expecting much as far as snow goes so when we got there it wasn't much of a surprise. Don moved a little slower on the uphill than others I have toured with, but he was always steady. We headed up Alta ski resort to Catherine's. By the time we got to the top the weather was getting worse and the snow wasn't getting any better. We made our first turns pretty much just following the ridge we had skinned
up. The snow was very inconsistent - you would hit a patch of nice snow and have what would seem like a good turn then you would hit snow hard snow pack and that turn would get totally screwed up. It had been a long skin up and it just wasn't worth going back up for more turns like that. We decided we had other things to do that day and we headed down. We hit a few spots that were uncovered (and Alta plans to open on the 16th - I wonder how that's going to work), but we made it out relatively unscathed. It was my first day out with Don, and my first day out with a splitter for that matter. We had a good time. I was glad to get out and get some exercise. Next week we should have a couple of storms that could get some things going around here.
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