Day 98: Could someone please pass the Super Poligrip?
This week the suncups finally arrived. And then Thursday night and Friday night things froze solid. The result was a bone-jarring first run out the Secret Traverse to Ski Patrol Gully.
Honestly, most places they looked nothing like that but there's something unsettling about trying to ski when only 10% of your ski is in contact with the ground at any one time. It's rather sweet, though, when on June 18th the tram operator announces, "All major runs are open."
Surprisingly the visitors still keep coming. Talked to two separate visitors from New England today, one with a Ski Sundown sticker on his helmet and another wearing a Jay Peak sweatshirt. Now that's dedication!
My last run was a trip down Backside at Alta with Bobby Danger, Telejon and Skidog in absolute corn perfection.
Bobby shot some action pics on Yellow Trail and in Glitch Gulch with his new camera that I imagine will show up in this thread.
I split at 10:30 while the others took one more run. Marc_C arrived at the same time I was leaving and Bobby let him know that we were there. Marc_C, did you bring a change of shorts for after that one? The look on your face was priceless. :lol:
Tomorrow, though, those suncups should disappear and it may actually be a powder day in June.
"Keep Father's Day activities indoors this year"? Uh...no. :wink:
This week the suncups finally arrived. And then Thursday night and Friday night things froze solid. The result was a bone-jarring first run out the Secret Traverse to Ski Patrol Gully.
Honestly, most places they looked nothing like that but there's something unsettling about trying to ski when only 10% of your ski is in contact with the ground at any one time. It's rather sweet, though, when on June 18th the tram operator announces, "All major runs are open."
Surprisingly the visitors still keep coming. Talked to two separate visitors from New England today, one with a Ski Sundown sticker on his helmet and another wearing a Jay Peak sweatshirt. Now that's dedication!
My last run was a trip down Backside at Alta with Bobby Danger, Telejon and Skidog in absolute corn perfection.
Bobby shot some action pics on Yellow Trail and in Glitch Gulch with his new camera that I imagine will show up in this thread.
I split at 10:30 while the others took one more run. Marc_C arrived at the same time I was leaving and Bobby let him know that we were there. Marc_C, did you bring a change of shorts for after that one? The look on your face was priceless. :lol:
Tomorrow, though, those suncups should disappear and it may actually be a powder day in June.
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City":9voyr6p0 said:
"Keep Father's Day activities indoors this year"? Uh...no. :wink:
