andyzee
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Weather: Whiteout
Conditions: Never made it so I don't know.
Report: Wasn't sure where to place this one. It is a ski trip report, except we never made it to the slopes. This morning Vee and I woke up, I ask how she's doing, she states her whole body is aching from the last few days of skiing. On top of that, snow reports from the different Cottonwood Canyon resorts are stating that heavy snow will be falling and that there is a possibility of the Canyon roads being closed by mid afternoon and not opening again until tomorrow. I just got my new skis mounted this morning and I'm dying to try them out, what should we do?
Well, in the end we decise to go to Brighton and just do a half a day of skiing, that's 9-12:30. Figured we could get some turns in, not kill ourselves and get on the road before they close it. We start out about 7:30 AM, get to the Canyon entrance, no problem, black top and just traces of snow. We start driving up the Canyon and the snow starts to come down harder and harder as we get to higher elevations. Conditions start turning to whiteout and it was starting to get difficult to see the road. We decide to turn back so as not to get stuck on the mountains overnight, this would not be a bad thing if V wasn't in pain from the last few days, but she was, I'm not much better. Well trying to turn around on this mountain road wasn't easy, you can't tell where, there's a shoulder and where there's a ditch, finally we turned around. When we got back down to the canyon entrance, everything that had been blacktop earlier was now white. Anyway, no biggie, got a lot of things done.
Purchased some nice adjustable Leki poles for V and myself on sale at Sports Authority 29.97 marked down from 100! We'll give our legs a chance to get better and enjoy all the pow tomorrow. It's interesting to see how quick things can change in the mountains here. One thing to keep in mind, this is a mountain road that in spots has a steep drop and no guard rails, here's some pics:
Conditions: Never made it so I don't know.
Report: Wasn't sure where to place this one. It is a ski trip report, except we never made it to the slopes. This morning Vee and I woke up, I ask how she's doing, she states her whole body is aching from the last few days of skiing. On top of that, snow reports from the different Cottonwood Canyon resorts are stating that heavy snow will be falling and that there is a possibility of the Canyon roads being closed by mid afternoon and not opening again until tomorrow. I just got my new skis mounted this morning and I'm dying to try them out, what should we do?
Well, in the end we decise to go to Brighton and just do a half a day of skiing, that's 9-12:30. Figured we could get some turns in, not kill ourselves and get on the road before they close it. We start out about 7:30 AM, get to the Canyon entrance, no problem, black top and just traces of snow. We start driving up the Canyon and the snow starts to come down harder and harder as we get to higher elevations. Conditions start turning to whiteout and it was starting to get difficult to see the road. We decide to turn back so as not to get stuck on the mountains overnight, this would not be a bad thing if V wasn't in pain from the last few days, but she was, I'm not much better. Well trying to turn around on this mountain road wasn't easy, you can't tell where, there's a shoulder and where there's a ditch, finally we turned around. When we got back down to the canyon entrance, everything that had been blacktop earlier was now white. Anyway, no biggie, got a lot of things done.
Purchased some nice adjustable Leki poles for V and myself on sale at Sports Authority 29.97 marked down from 100! We'll give our legs a chance to get better and enjoy all the pow tomorrow. It's interesting to see how quick things can change in the mountains here. One thing to keep in mind, this is a mountain road that in spots has a steep drop and no guard rails, here's some pics:
