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Thanks for the tips, will keep Red Iguana and/or Luna Puenta in mind for mexican... My buddy asked about any "funky, cheap local specialties"... Which outside of utah powder, I don't actually know of the local specialties in Salt Lake... Any more tips are appreciated. We are heading out first...

Thanks for the tip... I've had hit or miss luck with Yelp, seems like everyplace is rated 4ish on yelp... You get your semi-professional posters and a few people that seem to have a vendetta against a place for what ever reason. Since this board seems to be pretty salt lake centered, I...

I'm heading out to Salt Lake the first week of March... Staying in Sandy - Does anyone have any restaurant recommendations for the Sandy, Holliday, Murray, Cottonwood Heights area? Discovered Bohemia on my last trip - great German food after a long day on the mountain. Also used to go to Café...

How do you think Bachelor will fair for the President's Day weekend? Looks like a lot of precip coming this week through the weekend, but it does look fairly warm there. Do you think that it will snow this weekend or is it gonna be more of a rain/snow mix? Is it worth a drive up from the Bay...

I've been watching opensnow... Looks great through Saturday morning - I've done worse in booking flights for ski trips. With a couple of feet of fresh, we should at least get some leftovers on Sunday-Monday. Looking to try the pony express lift, as I haven't really rode that area very much...

Ended up booking a four day trip to steamboat. Flying in on Saturday, skiing Sun-Wednesday. It's not totally ideal, as the big storm is blowing through Wed-Friday, but hoping for some leftovers and a small refill storm Sunday-Monday. If anyone has any tips on Steamboat - favorite run, secret...

Thanks for the feedback. I already have a trip to Utah locked in during the first week of March... So I'm leaning towards the Steamboat or Jackson options. Watching the models... I got a StashPirate map for Steamboat when I was there a few years back, and it was great fun. It would be nice...

Thanks for the feedback... So the rocks and stumps are pretty well covered, and the next storm cycle should be good? Tahoe is so bleak that I think we would need 2-3 epic sierra storms just to build up the base for the off-piste riding that I like.

I'm looking to schedule a trip for early to mid February. Watching the weather, hear news of a pattern shift at the end of the month, waiting for said shift to become more real. From San Francisco, so easiest would be to saddle up and drive out to Utah just before a storm hits. Looking at...

I was actually wondering about the speeding thing - i.e. 55 mph means your cool to 60-65 mph. But it sounds like I should keep to 55 on 97...

Tony: That's a crucial nugget on the speed limit/enforcement - thanks!

Thanks for the feedback Schwuba... My buddy has to work 'til 6 tomorrow. So I'm weighing between leaving after my conference call tomorrow afternoon and traveling solo - then I can make bend by 9-10 pm. Or waiting on a traveling companion and driving late nite through the snow... Tough call...

Thanks for the feedback... I've been tracking the weather forecast, which is what has me considering the trek... Schwuba - Will there be enough terrain open on Saturday & Sunday to make the trip worthwhile? Can I expect to get some good freshies in the trees, or will the competition be super...

Hi Tony: Glad to see that you got some decent snow at Whitefish. I was there a couple of weekends back, and while they had only had an inch in the past 7 days, I was pleasantly suprised by the show quality. We got some decent powder conditions all day Saturday off the T-Bar.

I'm thinking of making a drive from San Francisco up to Mt. Bachelor this weekend. Tahoe seems to be too far south to get much from this storm and Bachelor is only 8-9 hours away. Two questions: 1) Do you all expect the higher lifts on Bachelor to open on Saturday or Sunday? I know that the...