Solitude 2/223/07

andyzee · Feb 23, 2007, 10:13 PM

Date: 2/23/07
Resort: Solitude, Utah
Condtions: Powder, no packed powder, and more powder. Did I mention there was powder?

We landed in Utah yesterday, by the time we got our car, Vee's new skis from Steep and Cheap, checked into the room, it was too late to ski. No problem though, it was 66 degrees where we're staying in Sandy, joked that we made a mistake and went to Florida. This morning, we woke up to snow! Go to Solitude, the Canyon road was treacherous. Conditions however were great!!! Me and V took one run down and decided to go to the car to take a few layers off, was getting a bit warm working our way through all the pow

As we get to the car, my phone rings, it's Zook, she justed rolled in with her posse. We went out checked out the mountain and I'm happy to report we couldn't find one groomed trail! Runs of the day were Rollercoaster a nice bump run under the lift line. And Honeycomb Canyon was pretty sweet, the only problem was the part that you traverse for some of the steep sections was closed for avalanche control. By 1 we went for lunch and then back out by 1:30. At this point it really started snowing hard again and V thought it might be a good idea to leave. She feared that they may close the Canyon road. Considering this was our first day, I couldn't argue. Tomorrow I'll check conditions before we go out, but for now it's looking like Powder Mountain. I've heard a lot of good things about it, especially from some of the locals on Firsttracksonline.

Road going up to Solitude:

V, Zook and her posse

snow starting up again in the afternoon.

tirolerpeter · Feb 24, 2007, 7:27 AM

Wondered when we would hear from you Andy. Looks like you're experiencing a real UT "snow-job!" Enjoy!

kingslug · Feb 24, 2007, 7:38 AM

Nice! Solitude is a gem, mostly overlooked. Never had a bad time there.

Grassi21 · Feb 24, 2007, 7:52 AM

Good stuff andy. Enjoy the pow pow!

andyzee · Feb 24, 2007, 7:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingslug

Nice! Solitude is a gem, mostly overlooked. Never had a bad time there.

Agreed, this is my fourth time there and each time we had a blast.

andyzee · Feb 24, 2007, 8:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tirolerpeter

Wondered when we would hear from you Andy. Looks like you're experiencing a real UT "snow-job!" Enjoy!

You got that right, today it was Powder Mountain, tomorrow may do Snowbasin. Life is good

Feb 23, 2007, 10:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
andyzee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Home Posts: 7,396	Solitude 2/223/07 Date: 2/23/07 Resort: Solitude, Utah Condtions: Powder, no packed powder, and more powder. Did I mention there was powder? We landed in Utah yesterday, by the time we got our car, Vee's new skis from Steep and Cheap, checked into the room, it was too late to ski. No problem though, it was 66 degrees where we're staying in Sandy, joked that we made a mistake and went to Florida. This morning, we woke up to snow! Go to Solitude, the Canyon road was treacherous. Conditions however were great!!! Me and V took one run down and decided to go to the car to take a few layers off, was getting a bit warm working our way through all the pow As we get to the car, my phone rings, it's Zook, she justed rolled in with her posse. We went out checked out the mountain and I'm happy to report we couldn't find one groomed trail! Runs of the day were Rollercoaster a nice bump run under the lift line. And Honeycomb Canyon was pretty sweet, the only problem was the part that you traverse for some of the steep sections was closed for avalanche control. By 1 we went for lunch and then back out by 1:30. At this point it really started snowing hard again and V thought it might be a good idea to leave. She feared that they may close the Canyon road. Considering this was our first day, I couldn't argue. Tomorrow I'll check conditions before we go out, but for now it's looking like Powder Mountain. I've heard a lot of good things about it, especially from some of the locals on Firsttracksonline. Road going up to Solitude: V, Zook and her posse snow starting up again in the afternoon. __________________ Hardware is out Stitches are out Last edited by andyzee; Feb 23, 2007 at 11:35 PM.

Feb 24, 2007, 7:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
tirolerpeter Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Draper, UT Posts: 778	Did you say: "Powder?" Wondered when we would hear from you Andy. Looks like you're experiencing a real UT "snow-job!" Enjoy!

Feb 24, 2007, 7:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
kingslug Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: looooooong island ny Posts: 1,558	Nice! Solitude is a gem, mostly overlooked. Never had a bad time there. __________________ Lets go! I'll drive.

Feb 24, 2007, 7:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
Grassi21 First MTB Outing Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Southbury, CT Posts: 3,346	Good stuff andy. Enjoy the pow pow! __________________ '04-'05 - 2 days '05-'06 - 11 days '06-'07 - 20 days '07-'08 - 19 days Namaste you guys!

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