We left Vermont about Thursday at 7 pm.
Included was my sister Ashley, and her boyfriend Andy.
She also had no idea what the Wasatch held for her.
I can also say that I might never do that again and am clueless how it was done.
Almost before we knew it we saw signs of the promised land.
It was Saturday morning.
40 hours Vermont to Utah.
We took saturday off and hung out in downtown SLC for a little while.
Sunday was our first ski day, we drove up 210 and needless to say these guys were shocked.
They spent less money for 5 days of Alta then i spent on 4 days of EC resort skiing .
Our first run was from collins lift, just a groomer, then we took wildcat.
I got ashley out on stimulation.
It was soft and smooth, that makes a black diamond seem almost like a blue square.
Our Third run was High Ballroom trees which is some of my favorite turns in Alta.
A 5-15 minute sidestep gets you up into the steep and deep.
Ashley was seriously scared, Andy was in heaven, I was home.
The skiing was great, Ash handled herself awesomely.
We got nearly first tracks in the castle apron, and skied steeps all day.
The next day we climbed baldy and got main chute in phenominal condition.
We got a storm mid trip, which alta and snowbird claimed was 20 inches.
This is the first time I think I have doubted what Alta reported.
Andy was squirming because he heard of serious east coast snow.
We set the booter to the top, and magically the dust on crust turned into some amazing skiing.
The crust was smooth and unskied so it was a perfect surface to ski.
I took Ashley to snowbird the next day.
Andy was feeling a bit worked after me dragging him around town.
We sat around while the backside opened, then the shoulder, then devils castle opened.
We got to snowbird around noon.
Ashley having skied a handful of days is now on Hidden Peak 11,000(ish) feet.
I took her on a warm up, lap lower cirque, then we hit the bookends.
I had time for one more run, so I told her we are going out to baldy.
I carried her skis up the boot pack and we bent around to north baldy.
We dropped in and she skied it like a champ.
We put in a few more days at the bird.
We got out to tigertail, Cirque, Wilbre bowl etc.
These guys I could tell had an amazing time.
Almost seemingly as soon as it started their 8 days had come to an end.
