Day 50 - Tuesday Apr 8 - Go On, Make Some New Friends

It really shouldn't be this hard to find ski partners on a day like today. We had 18" yesterday at Alta. You would think that people would be lining up to ski today. This appears to not be the case with the group I ski with. Jer never committed. He said he had homework and stuff that was going to keep him up all night. CJ half committed (again) and I got a firm commitment from Has. I was a little skeptical at these commitments because if CJ doesn't completely commit he usually doesn't come, and Has has slept in in the past. Needless to say, it was not a huge surprise when I was alone in the Big Cottonwood parking lot at 5:15. I called Has and awoke him from his slumber. I tried to reach CJ, but to no avail. The snow was too good and this was my first available day with my new camera, so I was not going to let this get me down. I decided that I usually see a few groups of dp'ers in the Little Cottonwood parking lot so I went over there and approached one of them. I simply told them I have lame friends and I was looking for a partner or two to ski with this morning. They were kind and allowed me to tag along. Their names were Rick and Dug. We decided to ski Scotty's. The skinning was nice and hard with my occasional break to take photos (c'mon, I have to utilize the new gear). We reached the top just in time to witness a beautiful morning. I talked them into skiing a certain line so I could set up a cool photo... and it totally worked. Check out the photo of Dug on top of the valley below. That is why I am so stoked for this new camera. I had so many cool photos to choose from today. You should all be excited to have a greater caliber of photos on this blog from now on. Oh yeah, the skiing today was fantastic! After coming out of the chute at the top, the bowl was deep and face shots every turn! It was like we were back in the middle of winter! We are supposed to get another 10 inches or so before Thursday morning so I am hoping this post will be convincing enough for those that were hesitant today. On Ski.