Exactly a year ago this weekend, we took a little trip out here to check out SLC as a potential place to move to. We skied at Park City that weekend, and there were about 4 runs and a couple hundred acres open. There was no snow! But we still moved here, anyways ;-)
This year things have been a bit different in terms of snowfall. Its been quite an incredible early season, with the upper reaches of the Cottonwoods already having received about 12 feet of the white stuff. Since Andrea just got some new skis as an early Christmas present from me (and then outfitted herself with some lightweight AT boots and Dynafit bindings), we decided a day of lift-serviced skiing at Park City was a good way to get the feel for the new gear. Plus, pretty much the entire mountain was already open... what a difference a year makes! So, we skied PCMR on Saturday... no fresh snow, but there was nobody there, so we had the place to ourselves and got in a full day of skiing. True to what you'd expect from us, even an "inbounds" day included 4 hikes to access some better terrain.
On Sunday we met up with Mark, Lisa, and Sharon and headed up White Pine Canyon for some backcountry action. We were rewarded with surprisingly fantastic snow conditions (despite the fact that it hasn't snowed in 6 days), warm weather, and sunny, blue skies. We skied three of the prominent NW-facing chutes off Red Top, and had a really, really fun day. The total vertical was around 5,000 feet, which is perfect for early-season touring.
Full gallery of pics from the weekend here... some selected ones are below:
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