No More Dreaming of a White Xmas

I'm looking out my office window watching the snow cascade. It's been like this since dawn. There must be two feet of new on my trampoline. Oops I forgot to put the canvas away. ah well.
Today was better than yesterday; tomorrow will be epic. Snowbasin opened Friday and Alta debuted their new Collins quad for Thanksgiving. Why did I miss that quintessential opening? I went to Moab of all places. My boyfriend's parents came to town from Mass. and wanted to see the outskirts of our fair state. Moab it was. And then I proceed to turn my ankle on the hike to Delicate Arch. Super Bummer. On a postive note, it could have been another body part. At least I can still ski since a ski boot is a virtual cast. It held up well yesterday as I made some untracked turns on Christmas tree in Alta with Fox13's Weather Geek (and my good friend :) ) Steve Baron. We spent the afternoon in search of freshies but found mostly tracked out fluff bumps. The Thanksgiving crowd spared no trail. But even with the packed parking lot and slopes the longest wait was about five minutes at Collins. The new quad is a phenomenal improvement. The upper half runs the same course as the old Germania lift so you forget you're riding a new chair. But with a combined time that equals less than either the old Collins or Germ alone, you are happy to run top to bottom every time.
Today (Sat.), I rested; tomorrow, I hit the Bird with Ryan and my old college bud Stephen.
I'm counting on the swelling of my ankle to decrease so I can keep up. With 10" new reported in LCC this afternoon, skiing will be chest deep and all smiles. Will let you know!

Thanksgiving's Coming

Jumpin' Bumps!! I can't believe the ski season (sorta) began two weeks ago and Thanksgiving is not till next week. I've put in three days so far - Brighton, Snowbird and Solitude- but we soooo need more snow. It's been 50 degrees every day. The forecasters say this weekend. No telling what the actual dumpage will be. Start planning those ski trips cause the season has arrived. My OnTheSnow column goes daily starting Friday. Bookmark it if you care what's happening in the Wasatch - www.onthesnow.com/news/utah.
Toodles.

The October of RECORD

Mother nature has slammed the weather window on us. A storm of epic proportions is pounding the mountains, already dumping 28" in 24 hours. As of 5pm the Alta and Brighton have a base of 70+" of 7 percent smoke. The Park City and Ogden mountains have about 12" with the Provo mountains about half of that. Another wave could add perhaps another 4-8” by tomorrow morning. Temps are in the teens and twenties, keeping the fresh snow light and fluffy on top of a very stable base layer that fell last week. This one's going down in the history books, Folks!