Sunset over Wasatch Mountains
Spring.
This photo is what it looked like just last weekend in Park City, sun going down over the mountains looking west towards Kimball Junction from Old Ranch Road. Saturday was a great day for road biking, but funky and wet spring conditions at the resorts. The backcountry was non-existent. The groundhog was out, stretching his legs. Then Sunday came and we got a whopper of a winter storm. First it started warm and wet, then the temperatures dropped, and we had a week of winter weather. The crescendo was Wednesday night into Thursday, dumping over 2 feet of fresh on our three resorts. Maybe LCC and BCC racked up more inches than we did over on the Park City side of the Wasatch, but who cares. The skiing this week has been epic.
Waist deep powder at Deer Valley
Winter.
Thursday amounted to a great day to play hookey and get out on the mountain, with lots of pent-up demand from Skids who were not satisfied with hanging the skis and switching to spring mode. Reports from Skids correspondents at PCMR were boasting of waist deep powder replentishing itself run after run in Jupiter Bowl. Other Skids called or Tweeted from DV, where the wind made the deep snow heavy in places like Wasatch, Sultan, and Mayflower, but heavenly in the tree shots, and incredibly deep and luscious at Lady Morgan and Empire. I am sure there are some hurtin’ puppies tonight from a day spent rallying hard. The groundhog is pissed. There are more winter storms lined up, and it looks like this won’t be the last of winter in Park City.