There are so many bad things in this world I thought today I’d focus on some of the good things.

Love, that’s pretty good. Beer, of course, is good, especially with a slice of pizza. Huge glassy waves on remote rivers are good. Books. Golden retrievers, except when they hog the bed and take over all the pillows.

And snow. Lots of snow. Ridiculous and absurd amounts of snow:

Day 7: epic: posted to my Flickr account.

Day 7: Snow Plowing gomers destroying my line on Sunnyside: posted to my Flickr account.

Today was seriously epic. Certainly not the deepest pow I’ve ever skied. 10″ or so new, blown in to knee deep in places. But lovely texture and absolutely no crowds. Headed straight to Motherlode for first tracks on Fool’s Gold, Gold Rush, Mountainside Meadows. Single Jack to Thaynes. The trees off of Keystone over and over and over (stellar). The Desert (!). Crescent from the very top.

So tired but I couldn’t stop. Just one more, just one more.

7:28 AM. It’s snowing.

Listening to the snow report right now. Deer Valley is reporting 6 new overnight and 55 groomed runs. WTF are they thinking? Oh well, at least it keeps the Texans up there.

PC is reporting 20″ new from this storm, 10″ overnight. Jupiter Peak is on snow hold. I’m boiling up some steel cut oatmeal right now. Should be a good day.

Day 6:: posted to my Flickr account.

Guess where: posted to my Flickr account.

Guess where?

Finally got motivated to get on the hill. 10″ of super wet and heavy snow. Arrived at the summit amid super heavy winds, just in time to see the lift status marquee flip from green to red: bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing.

Headed down to the crowds at Payday for a few runs, then the town runs. So much snow on Empire that I just skied down the middle of the road from the town lift.

10″ of heavy, heavy snow, the kind you barely sink into when you walk on it. With it right at the rain/snow interface in town and a heavy wind warning, it’s hard to get motivated. Jupe and Pinecone are on a snow-hold and with winds like this I highly doubt they’ll be opening today. Might just be a day to get coffeed up at the yurt!

Storm continues…

Posted to my Flickr account.

Another nine inches of new snow overnight, 19 total from this storm.
Seems to have stalled out, with another 8-10 inches expected today.
Nice.

Day 1

Posted to my Flickr account.

It’s still a little sparse around the Town Lift, but yesterday’s storm
really helped. About 8″ in town and more on the way.

Riding Payday was like floating through the clouds, it was so warm and
there was so much moisture on the air.

Note to self: apparently sitting at a computer isnt a good way to
your ski legs. Mine were jelly after just a few on the old teles.

Thank God almighty, SNOW AT LAST! (apologies to Dr. M.L.K.).


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ..THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS...AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS CAN EXPECT 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE.
SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.