4aprice
Well-known member
- Resort or Ski Area
- 4aprice Western Trip March 16-31st.
- Date
- Mar 16, 2024
- Snow Conditions
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- Slush or Spring Snow
Two week western trip March 16th - 31st.
Day 1:
TSA equipment malfunction delays flight (something with baggage scanning) 1 1/2 hours, but we get up and out of Newark.
![IMG_4280.JPG IMG_4280.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45243-95a9dc8a9c1a7634b34e88c5ff1482bf.jpg)
Beautiful view of Lake Hopatcong off the port side of the aircraft.
Arrived in Denver, lunched with old family friend (Rubins for St Patty day), and took off for mountains. Up to Granby where it was the last night skiing day off the season. Took a couple of runs then to the 8350 and Blue Bird Bistro where we met up with our realtor and had a great time. Can't wait to start living my winters here, year after next.
![IMG_4285.JPG IMG_4285.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45244-6d379924c059143feaf819ad10769135.jpg)
![100_0179.JPG 100_0179.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45245-fb2b288198378d0fbab0212b9c61eca3.jpg)
Day 2:
Steamboat Springs for St Patrick's day. There's plenty of snow but, in typical spring fashion the surface was freezing overnight and never really softened this day. Still had fun with the wife and son celebrating my wife's Irish heritage.
![100_0222.JPG 100_0222.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45246-d85962ddfe5609998bf7772bd7023e71.jpg)
Skied till about 2 then left for drive across Colorado to Utah.
Day 3
Solitude. The spring conditions and weather followed (actually preceeded us ) to Utah. 50/50 days (1/2 frozen, 1/2 soft) were ticket)
![100_0235.JPG 100_0235.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45247-9527103f56d23240d20d0fa7d43db2ae.jpg)
Day 4
Snowbird: Same weather as described above, only on this day I had one of the scariest run I've ever had. A solid Regulator Johnson where you turned your ski's in one direction, and slid about 50 vertical ft straight down, then swiveled the skis in the other direction for the same thing. Me and some girl basically "Cha Cha'd" our way down and just shook our heads at the bottom. The afternoon got nice however.
![IMG_4291.JPG IMG_4291.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45249-3bf013c238d2b108d1d76880d5ca3479.jpg)
![IMG_4293.JPG IMG_4293.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45250-f11af796b12390af8f31b9ab983ea886.jpg)
Day 5
Brighton: Same weather and conditions. Face and hand tanning in full spring mode.
![100_0284.JPG 100_0284.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45251-bb98ba4fdd6f8a328f3c05893d83de97.jpg)
Day 1:
TSA equipment malfunction delays flight (something with baggage scanning) 1 1/2 hours, but we get up and out of Newark.
![IMG_4280.JPG IMG_4280.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45243-95a9dc8a9c1a7634b34e88c5ff1482bf.jpg)
Beautiful view of Lake Hopatcong off the port side of the aircraft.
Arrived in Denver, lunched with old family friend (Rubins for St Patty day), and took off for mountains. Up to Granby where it was the last night skiing day off the season. Took a couple of runs then to the 8350 and Blue Bird Bistro where we met up with our realtor and had a great time. Can't wait to start living my winters here, year after next.
![IMG_4285.JPG IMG_4285.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45244-6d379924c059143feaf819ad10769135.jpg)
![100_0179.JPG 100_0179.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45245-fb2b288198378d0fbab0212b9c61eca3.jpg)
Day 2:
Steamboat Springs for St Patrick's day. There's plenty of snow but, in typical spring fashion the surface was freezing overnight and never really softened this day. Still had fun with the wife and son celebrating my wife's Irish heritage.
![100_0222.JPG 100_0222.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45246-d85962ddfe5609998bf7772bd7023e71.jpg)
Skied till about 2 then left for drive across Colorado to Utah.
Day 3
Solitude. The spring conditions and weather followed (actually preceeded us ) to Utah. 50/50 days (1/2 frozen, 1/2 soft) were ticket)
![100_0235.JPG 100_0235.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45247-9527103f56d23240d20d0fa7d43db2ae.jpg)
Day 4
Snowbird: Same weather as described above, only on this day I had one of the scariest run I've ever had. A solid Regulator Johnson where you turned your ski's in one direction, and slid about 50 vertical ft straight down, then swiveled the skis in the other direction for the same thing. Me and some girl basically "Cha Cha'd" our way down and just shook our heads at the bottom. The afternoon got nice however.
![IMG_4291.JPG IMG_4291.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45249-3bf013c238d2b108d1d76880d5ca3479.jpg)
![IMG_4293.JPG IMG_4293.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45250-f11af796b12390af8f31b9ab983ea886.jpg)
Day 5
Brighton: Same weather and conditions. Face and hand tanning in full spring mode.
![100_0284.JPG 100_0284.JPG](https://forums.alpinezone.com/data/attachments/45/45251-bb98ba4fdd6f8a328f3c05893d83de97.jpg)