Sunday, May 11, 2008

PSA - Spring City

Just a quick note about a lovely town. I went down to Spring City, Utah with my wife yesterday to clean her parent's second home down there that they have restored to its pioneer glory. The home is beautiful, but that is not why I write this note. From the Strong's property and from the windows on the south side of the home, you can see what looks to be some amazing skiing. There are mountains surrounding these small towns down there, but there was one area that specifically caught my eye. It was called Horseshoe Mountain. I spotted 14 chutes just in the single bowl. If you looked closely you could see that they had some pretty good sized cornices still on them.


Here is a photo of the chutes from above. The chutes on the left are the ones I can see from Spring City. The chutes to the right are an entirely new group of chutes! There is even a road coming up from behind. This could possibly be skiable soon if I can just drive around and then hike up the South face. Needless to say, Horseshoe Mountain is now on my list of things to ski next year. At Petzl, I get the entire week between Christmas and New Year's off so maybe it will happen then. I don't know exactly when, but it is going to happen. In the mean time, I will see if they have previously been skied (I am sure they have because they are just too obvious not to ski). If, by some crazy chance, they have not been skied then I will take the liberty of naming each chute. If they have then I will simply ski them, enjoy them, and blog about it. On Ski.

4 comments:

  1. what's the aspect and elevation of that sucker? it looks awesome. it looks like the kind of place where you start early, and finish late.

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  2. Dug, nice to hear from you again. So far, I have been able to figure that the chutes are at about 10,500 ft. It is a north facing aspect. My father-in-law said snow is up there through July every year! I think it will be about a 4 mile skin in, but totally worth it. Google maps also revealed some other amazing chutes right around there that you can't see from Spring City. I am still trying to figure out if anyone has skied them before. We will see what I can figure out.

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  3. Hey Dustin! We are trying to get together for a little Madrigal party on August 2 at 3 pm. We are just getting the word out now, and then will send out invitations as it gets closer. If you wouldn't mind emailing me your address that would be great! Thanks! Your blog is exciting! I can't believe all the things you do! Hope you are doing great!

    Crystal Putnam Cox

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  4. I have wanted to ski those for a while. Last time I was there I took some photos. A local skier told me its about an eight mile hike, depending on the road conditions.
    I just wonder about bubble heads. Are there alot of them around? Looks like prime bubble country.
    -cj
    this thing isn't working sorry if it was posted 5 times.

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