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Ridiculous!
After getting skunked on the storm yesterday and being bummed about the downgrade in forecasted totals I was quite happy to wake to 12 inches this morning at 6:00. That turned to 20 inches by the time first tram lifted off.
We also woke to the coveted canyon closure, interlodge was in effect. My buddy Mike wanted to retrieve his vehicle and park it down by Zoom in case we had a Peruvian side shut down or never open. We'd went to the Baldy Bash last night, all the patrollers were there and the liquor was flowing. The general concensus was we'd be handcuffed to Regulator. I decided to leave my car in valet and stashed my backpack, shoes and box of wine at the valet desk and headed down to the tram.
With the road closure only the early people were there, Travis had beaten the closure and was at the front as well as all the regular closure beaters. I joined the line about 4 rows back, safely on first tram. Next in line to me was Skinewhere, he is the first person to have asked me, "do you post on Pugski?" To everyone's surprise we were given everything but Mineral and Road to Provo from the get go.
Travis and I headed out the Cirque and broke trail with a patroller on the traverse out to mid. I thanked her for the effort given the Baldy Bash the night before, she said morning came early today, heh. We traversed out to Glen's and skied it untouched. Holy blower pow! Today was perfect, the storm came in right side up and temps remained low with very little wind. Given that the snow was as light as it gets around here, face shots were easy to find.
The tram line was about a two boat wait for most of the day we were there, we mostly rode Zoom to Little Cloud today, it seemed quicker to make Cirque laps. I put four sets of tracks next to each other on Glens, each run it got deeper as the snow piled up for most of the morning.
They announced a canyon closure at 2:30 and Travis and I split at 1:30, my legs were spent at that point. It looks like they should get some more snow tonight and it'll just keep getting better. After we left they opened Mineral and Road to Provo, hats off to Snowbird Ski Patrol on a job well done!
Walking back from the Baldy Bash last night, the snow had just started.
By the time first tram was getting ready to lift off the line was out the building and going around the building.
Couple pics @travib801 got of me today, it was silly good.
Pic of Travis at the bottom of the Cirque.
A short video of Travis at the bottom of the Cirque.
After getting skunked on the storm yesterday and being bummed about the downgrade in forecasted totals I was quite happy to wake to 12 inches this morning at 6:00. That turned to 20 inches by the time first tram lifted off.
We also woke to the coveted canyon closure, interlodge was in effect. My buddy Mike wanted to retrieve his vehicle and park it down by Zoom in case we had a Peruvian side shut down or never open. We'd went to the Baldy Bash last night, all the patrollers were there and the liquor was flowing. The general concensus was we'd be handcuffed to Regulator. I decided to leave my car in valet and stashed my backpack, shoes and box of wine at the valet desk and headed down to the tram.
With the road closure only the early people were there, Travis had beaten the closure and was at the front as well as all the regular closure beaters. I joined the line about 4 rows back, safely on first tram. Next in line to me was Skinewhere, he is the first person to have asked me, "do you post on Pugski?" To everyone's surprise we were given everything but Mineral and Road to Provo from the get go.
Travis and I headed out the Cirque and broke trail with a patroller on the traverse out to mid. I thanked her for the effort given the Baldy Bash the night before, she said morning came early today, heh. We traversed out to Glen's and skied it untouched. Holy blower pow! Today was perfect, the storm came in right side up and temps remained low with very little wind. Given that the snow was as light as it gets around here, face shots were easy to find.
The tram line was about a two boat wait for most of the day we were there, we mostly rode Zoom to Little Cloud today, it seemed quicker to make Cirque laps. I put four sets of tracks next to each other on Glens, each run it got deeper as the snow piled up for most of the morning.
They announced a canyon closure at 2:30 and Travis and I split at 1:30, my legs were spent at that point. It looks like they should get some more snow tonight and it'll just keep getting better. After we left they opened Mineral and Road to Provo, hats off to Snowbird Ski Patrol on a job well done!
Walking back from the Baldy Bash last night, the snow had just started.
By the time first tram was getting ready to lift off the line was out the building and going around the building.
Couple pics @travib801 got of me today, it was silly good.
Pic of Travis at the bottom of the Cirque.
A short video of Travis at the bottom of the Cirque.
