Park City, Utah, signalled the fifth consecutive Webb classmate ski trip. We've never had much luck with the powder, but Lucky 2007 changed that.
Over six days
Park City Mountain Resort and
The Canyons in Park City got 68 inches of fresh powder, including four days over a foot of new snow. I rented Rossignol B3 powder skis for Wednesday and Thursday to better cope with fresh snow over my waist in spots. We hit glades where the snow kept speeds manageable, went off jumps where the snow grabbed our skis on the landings, and got face shots on what is ordinarily a very mundane road between two lifts. At both resorts we hiked for even fresher fresh; I finally got to fully utilize the X-carry ski (and snowboard... picture some other day) functionality of my
Dakine Heli Pro II. I never enjoyed skiing with a backpack too much, but this week the water was nearly a necessity and the hip-belt camera pouch came in handy early and often.
Off the mountain we enjoyed Park City - some. It's an upscale ski town, for sure, and we found a pair of good meals in its lower-end restaurants: Grub Steak and Main Street Pizza and Noodles. Not much luck was had in the t-shirt department, but I expanded my pin collection by two, but these shiny medallions won't tell the story of snow piled high across the Wasatch Range.
Sunday, March 04, 2007