Ski Area: Snowbird
Dates: April 21, 22, 2012
Conditions: Spring/variable. Base depths 90" or so.
Weather: Sunny with highs in the 60's.
Reports No: 29, 30
Despite a taste of summer, the 'Bird is still going strong.
Day 29:I had some time to make an afternoon outing and found some very warm temperatures and soft snow, albeit very sticky down low. First run was down Lunch Run to Lower Bassackwards and man was it sticky. I struggled to push through the Elmer's Glue, but did manage to get in some nice turns:
With the snow a bit too sticky, I headed up to the top via Little Cloud Double and decided to head out the Cirque Traverse:
To probably the last line in Lower Cirque:
But even up here the warm temps had made the snow a bit too soft and sticky to make it fun. I skied down Anderson's Hill to Chip's Face and then back to the Tram to head up for some nice turns on Upper Primrose Path, which was very nice, down Chip's again to the Tram. I pointed the skis for the open parts of Little Cloud Basin, like a spin down one of my favorite lines in Old Lady's Slide:
The snow here was not quite as sticky and it skied nicely.
I made my way down and on the lift ride up watched the survey crew begin measuring the line for the new HSQ. The next run was right down the middle of the wide open snowfields above Private Parts and back down to the bottom via Bicarbonate, Gad Gully, and Trulock's Tricep. It was so nice I had to repeat it to close out my day. A nice couple of hours of sun.
Dates: April 21, 22, 2012
Conditions: Spring/variable. Base depths 90" or so.
Weather: Sunny with highs in the 60's.
Reports No: 29, 30
Despite a taste of summer, the 'Bird is still going strong.
Day 29:I had some time to make an afternoon outing and found some very warm temperatures and soft snow, albeit very sticky down low. First run was down Lunch Run to Lower Bassackwards and man was it sticky. I struggled to push through the Elmer's Glue, but did manage to get in some nice turns:
With the snow a bit too sticky, I headed up to the top via Little Cloud Double and decided to head out the Cirque Traverse:
To probably the last line in Lower Cirque:
But even up here the warm temps had made the snow a bit too soft and sticky to make it fun. I skied down Anderson's Hill to Chip's Face and then back to the Tram to head up for some nice turns on Upper Primrose Path, which was very nice, down Chip's again to the Tram. I pointed the skis for the open parts of Little Cloud Basin, like a spin down one of my favorite lines in Old Lady's Slide:
The snow here was not quite as sticky and it skied nicely.
I made my way down and on the lift ride up watched the survey crew begin measuring the line for the new HSQ. The next run was right down the middle of the wide open snowfields above Private Parts and back down to the bottom via Bicarbonate, Gad Gully, and Trulock's Tricep. It was so nice I had to repeat it to close out my day. A nice couple of hours of sun.
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