Snowbasin 2/23-24

Conditions: powder
Gear: Rossignol Z9 skis

In what has become a bit of a winter tradition, we headed up to Snowbasin for a weekend of skiing. The group this year was Eric, Kelvin, Bill, Jay, Lance, Mike, Rex, and I.



This year, Mother Nature cooperated in grand fashion. We finally started getting some snow about two weeks ago. We got even more this weekend. Friday was a wonderful powder day. Saturday brought a little more powder and beautiful, sunny blue skies.


(Someone hiking.)

We spent most of our time skiing off John Paul and Needles. Not that we made that many runs each day :) but they were good runs. Strawberry had some nice snow, but was so windy at the top that we mostly avoided it.


(Bill and Jay on John Paul.)

As usual, we stayed at the Moose Hollow condos. This enables us to make our own dinners which is always a treat. Chili on Friday and stir fry on Saturday. The condo was a bit of a disappointment this year (a pull out couch and a DVD player might be nice) but it's still a great place to stay. The hottub was warm.


(Eric and Kelvin on John Paul.)

I also had my first ever opportunity to try out Shooting Star on my way up on Thursday night. Bill says it's the oldest bar in Utah. The menu is simple (read: no special orders) and the hamburgers "legendary" (don't ask). It certainly has character. I'll just say it was "interesting" and leave it at that. :)


(Lance and Mike.)

Unfortunately, I couldn't talk anyone into skiing on Sunday (boo) but it all worked out ok. Check out the next post ...

'til next time,
- Jeff