andyzee
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Conditions: Groomed trails and chopped up powder
Weather: Bluebird Skies and temps in the 40s
This is not my season for skiing. First V gets hurt which meant less skiing for me and then this past Monday I had a minor injury. Took Tuesday off and went to Alta on Wednesday with my friend Jeff and Roark. My leg felt better but still wasn't 100% and I did have concerns since I didn't want two gimps in the house. As a result, I took it easy that day.
One thing that pushed me towards Alta that day is the fact that I had planned to meet up with two West Coast AZers, tirolerpeter and SkiDog. We lost SkiDog after a lil bit, he decided to take off for Snowbird with some buds and we didn't have the Alta/Bird pass so we stayed behind. I'll say one thing about SkiDog, he's the real thing, boy could rip it up. Tirolerpeter stayed with us to show us around,
I kept up with the old man as long as I could, but anything other then groomers was hurting my leg and Peter was pushing for trees and chutes, I think he wanted to kill me cause of a crack or two that I may have made about his age and looks. After awhile, I didn't want to hold this crew up so I left them and just stuck to the groomers, Kind of a shame to say this being at Alta and all, but the groomers weren't bad. Nice and smooth and steep, just took my time, took in the scenery and stopped to take photos here and there.
At 12:30 met up with the crew at Alf Lodge for some lunch, chatted a bit and then took off for the lodge to discard some layers, it was getting warm. Planned on taking some groomers to do this. Ofcourse, tirolerpeter, wouldn't allow this. He had to take us over some choppy pow. Although, it wasn't bad or difficult, it was enough to do the old legs in. As a result I called it a day about 2PM. All in all, it was nice to just be out on this great day. Really good to meet tiroerpeter and SkiDog and looking forward to getting up here next year when I'm in better shape. Peter, thanks for being such a gracious guide.
Jeff, Roark, and tirolerpeter:
Skiers on top of Baldy chutes. Actually looks like SkiDog and friends:
Weather: Bluebird Skies and temps in the 40s
This is not my season for skiing. First V gets hurt which meant less skiing for me and then this past Monday I had a minor injury. Took Tuesday off and went to Alta on Wednesday with my friend Jeff and Roark. My leg felt better but still wasn't 100% and I did have concerns since I didn't want two gimps in the house. As a result, I took it easy that day.
One thing that pushed me towards Alta that day is the fact that I had planned to meet up with two West Coast AZers, tirolerpeter and SkiDog. We lost SkiDog after a lil bit, he decided to take off for Snowbird with some buds and we didn't have the Alta/Bird pass so we stayed behind. I'll say one thing about SkiDog, he's the real thing, boy could rip it up. Tirolerpeter stayed with us to show us around,
I kept up with the old man as long as I could, but anything other then groomers was hurting my leg and Peter was pushing for trees and chutes, I think he wanted to kill me cause of a crack or two that I may have made about his age and looks. After awhile, I didn't want to hold this crew up so I left them and just stuck to the groomers, Kind of a shame to say this being at Alta and all, but the groomers weren't bad. Nice and smooth and steep, just took my time, took in the scenery and stopped to take photos here and there.
At 12:30 met up with the crew at Alf Lodge for some lunch, chatted a bit and then took off for the lodge to discard some layers, it was getting warm. Planned on taking some groomers to do this. Ofcourse, tirolerpeter, wouldn't allow this. He had to take us over some choppy pow. Although, it wasn't bad or difficult, it was enough to do the old legs in. As a result I called it a day about 2PM. All in all, it was nice to just be out on this great day. Really good to meet tiroerpeter and SkiDog and looking forward to getting up here next year when I'm in better shape. Peter, thanks for being such a gracious guide.
Jeff, Roark, and tirolerpeter:
Skiers on top of Baldy chutes. Actually looks like SkiDog and friends:
