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Sam, Sam’s dad, Gold, Gold’s dad, Jeff, and I skied Solitude on Sunday.  Snowbird was reporting 11″ of new snow by 8pm last night.  I went to sleep expecting today to be one of the best pow days of the season.  Unfortunately, it stopped snowing shortly after 8pm.  To make things worse, the winds picked up and managed to scrape the 11″ of new snow away to some undisclosed location beyond the boundaries of Solitude Resort.

Sam was 20 minutes late and forgot his jacket and had to drive back down to his car at the mouth of Big Cottonwood, but Al and I managed to get to the lift before first chair.  We started the day with a few laps on Powderhorn II before taking Milk Run down to Summit Lift.  The snow was wind blown on top and crusty underneath.  Plus, it was foggy.

On our second ride up Summit, we reached the top of the lift as the patrol dropped the rope to the short-traverse side of Honeycomb.  We traversed out aways and dropped into some legitimate powder through the Black Forest.  Great run top-to-bottom.

Byron, Stacey, and Jana had a three hour layover at Salt Lake International.  I left Solitude at 11am and met them for lunch at Red Iguana.  Lunch was great.

After lunch, I dropped them off at the airport and made my way back to Solitude.  I got back on the hill at 1:45pm and rode hard until closing. Sam, Gold, and I filmed a bunch of quick clips that I put into a short video, my 6th ski edit of the year.  Check out the video I threw together:

Oh and I figured out my car could have driven up Mt Rainier today.

• Jeremy Ranch to Parley’s Summit = 800 ft
• Sandy to Solitude (morning drive) = 3500 ft
• Sandy to Solitude (Sam getting his jacket) = 3500 ft
• Sandy to Solitude (after-lunch drive) = 3500 ft
• SLC to Parley’s Summit = 2600 ft
• Jeremy Ranch to Hilltop Dr. = 500 ft
• Total: 14,400 vertical feet (Mt Rainier = 14,410 ft)

I skied PCMR today.  Pretty uneventful day until I hit a buried shark fin of a tree stump and crashed.  Not sure how it happened, but I managed to  rip out the brakes on both bindings.  I hiked up and found the left ski brake in pieces in the snow.  The right brake was bent and some screws were ripped out.  I’ve never broken a pair of brakes before.  I guess I must have clipped the brake on the log directly.  Time to ski my 4Frnts for the next few days.  Shouldn’t be an issue considering today’s forecast:

A few of us skied Solitude yesterday.  With Alta, Snowbird, and Brighton reporting 9″ of new snow, we made our way to Solitude with only 2″ of new snow over the past 24 hours.  There was definitely more snow than what was reported online.  We got some good turns on the Cirque before heading into Honeycomb.  We hiked the ridge above Black Bess and traversed past Voltaire for our first run.  After a quick lodge break, we did a few runs through the Cirque and the Headwall Forest.  The last run of the day was down Black Forest on the opposite side of Honeycomb.  By then, the snow had become fairly deep, kind of a surprise powder day.

Check out the video I put together from the past couple of weeks:

2010 – Ski Edit #5 from fatbearfehr on Vimeo.

I spent the afternoon with Jersey trying to get to his cabin in Mount Aire Canyon.  Jersey owns two snowmobiles, a 1973 Ski Doo and a 1977 Arctic Cat “Pink Panther” 440.  They cost him a combined $250.  So, it wasn’t a huge surprise when we showed up at the Mt. Aire gate and couldn’t get either one to start.  A half hour and some help from a neighbor later, we managed to get the newer sled running.

With Jersey and Drew on the sled, and Mitch and I getting towed behind on skis, we made our way up Mt Aire Canyon.  Jersey’s spot is three miles up the road.  We made it maybe a half mile before the sled overheated and came to a stop.  After a short rest and a visit from Koenig, we decided to end our trip and ski back to the car.

Not much to say about the ride down.  It was fun though.  Kind of a weak ski day, but I’l count it anyway.

After working this morning, I skied PCMR again.  Yesterday’s snow is already gone.  I hiked Jupiter Peak, skied the steep chute off the top, jumped the rock below that, and skied some avi debris to the bottom.  Then I did a few laps on 10th Mountain, before heading home.  Good day.  I got spoiled yesterday.

Looks like a pretty good storm is expected to hit next week.  The forecast for Solitude is already calling for 9-17″ over Monday night and Tuesday day.  Although, I probably just jinxed it.