Well, it finally snowed. I wasn't going to pass this up. Unfortunately, the people that would go with me (myself included) could not spend too much time out today so we had to figure out a way to get some turns in early and fast. We figured one more time skinning Alta would satisfy these requirements.
When we arrived at Alta around 5:30am we discovered that beginning today they were closed to uphill traffic. We did not have time to go anywhere else... so we went to the side. We skinned and skied through the trees. It wasn't as good as it could have been had we been able to go up into
Ballroom or something, but it was good nonetheless. I enjoyed the company of three fine skiers: Has, Luke, Sarah, and CJ. The new snow was about 12" deep in spots on top of an icy crust (and a few rocks that Has was kind enough to uncover for us). We were quick to make a few laps before it got too late and before anyone from Alta could give us a hard time. It was a lot of fun, though. Can we just talk about how great it is to be skiing pow
der again? It feels like it has been so long! Looking back it was
Friday, April 20th that was my last powder day. Yes, it has been a while. I look forward to a few more like this soon.
Well, it finally snowed. I wasn't going to pass this up. Unfortunately, the people that would go with me (myself included) could not spend too much time out today so we had to figure out a way to get some turns in early and fast. We figured one more time skinning Alta would satisfy these requirements.
When we arrived at Alta around 5:30am we discovered that beginning today they were closed to uphill traffic. We did not have time to go anywhere else... so we went to the side. We skinned and skied through the trees. It wasn't as good as it could have been had we been able to go up into 
Ballroom or something, but it was good nonetheless. I enjoyed the company of three fine skiers: Has, Luke, Sarah, and CJ. The new snow was about 12" deep in spots on top of an icy crust (and a few rocks that Has was kind enough to uncover for us). We were quick to make a few laps before it got too late and before anyone from Alta could give us a hard time. It was a lot of fun, though. Can we just talk about how great it is to be skiing pow
der again? It feels like it has been so long! Looking back it was Friday, April 20th that was my last powder day. Yes, it has been a while. I look forward to a few more like this soon.
This is all very well, but answer me this: did you ever ski with Evel Knievel? Yeah, I thought not.
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