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I’ve been watching this storm develop over the last few days with plenty of attention, so it’s very cool to read this report. A couple of weeks ago my colleague asked if I could accompany her on some meetings in SLC for Thursday this week, ‘if I was able to make it’. So that was a tough...

I was actually talking about the Great Western side in my post, but would agree that my words could just as easily describe Milly. Just goes to prove that 'it's all good'

James, Nice work on taking advantage and getting out to UT at short notice to sample the goods. =D> I've been completely jealous reading every report. Our recent sunny trip was fun, but what you had was really what we were hoping for. Now if only I could get the grandparents to be on...

Nice! A good powder fix while I eat lunch at work and look at spring advancing rapidly here in Boston.

Peter - we were a bit disappointed to see no new snow, but the warm weather and good cover made for a different kind of fun. And after the week we had at Sugarbush (33" in 3 days) I really can't complain. Ironic, though, that I got my powder on the East and my hardpack in Utah this year...

I guess maybe we stayed ahead of the crowds a bit more at PCMR than we did at Deer Valley. The problem was number of skiers on the runs, not liftlines, which were pretty much walk-on all day at both places. Agree that Magnet is a nice run - I didn't mention but we lapped that a couple times...

Wednesday took us to Deer Valley. We felt sort of compelled to try it, but wasn’t sure I was going to like it. While it grew on me during the day, it’s probably the resort I would be least likely to go back to of the three we visited. This week was Spring Break for some parts of the...

This was a slightly different trip from our normal shoestring, bring-the-kids excursions to UT, since we decided to spend part of a recent work bonus on a more luxury trip for just the two of us. As a result we decided to stayed at the Washington School Inn, in Park City. This is a little...

Just heading back from SLC to Boston with my wife, after 3 days in Utah. While it wasn’t the powder-fest we always hope for, this was a good trip for all the other things that make skiing vacations so much fun – sunshine, mountains, and way too much food… Got to SLC late on Sunday night, so...

Thanks for the info. With that knowledge, we'll probably pass, as missing the return might put a major downer on the day, and I'm sure there's going to be plenty of other stuff to keep us occupied there.

Heading to SLC with the wife on Sunday for four days, and planning to hit Snowbasin on Monday, so looking at a few old posts to see what to hit. The Cathedral run you mention here looks fun. You mentioned gates, but is it still in-bounds or BC? Is navigation tricky out there or fairly...

The Alps have always got to be cheaper than the US when you're coming from London, as long as you're trying to get a like-for-like comparison. A quick search on one of the big UK vacation companies gives a comparative price of 431 pounds for a week in a condo in the Trois Vallees, and 542 for...

Agree that numbers aren't everything and you can always have fun at smaller areas, no question. But there are some numbers which I still think figure in the majority of skier's vacation choices - size of resort, snow reliablility and $. Then after that, comes the great unquantifiable, which...

Alright – this one I can address with some inside knowledge. With most everything else on First Tracks I’m happy to admit my ignorance, and just add a little. Skiing anywhere in the Wasatch – Admin has been there before (bigger and deeper…); obscure hidden Eastern powder stashes – Rog is your...

Guess that means I owe you one... Alright, I'll get photos next time :wink:

Sorry, just realized this should be dated 2/21, not 2/20

Easily one of my best ever days on skis today at SB. It looked like it snowed all night and there was 8-10 inches of light fluff on the car at the condo. This was more than any of the previous two mornings, which had already been pretty good days. My wife dropped me at the base area, hoping...

Posting this at a suitably late hour, so Jamesdeluxe knows how fun a day it was today... :) We had the kids back in ski school and my broken-legged son had a marathon Playstation session back at the condo, so my wife and I managed to get a pretty full day in. Managed to get first chair...

Family commitments. We had planned this day as a day off in the middle of our stay, so kids are out of ski school for the day (and our oldest has a broken leg, so is unable to ski at all, to further complicate things) So the wife and I both skied this morning to take advantage of the powder...

So we ended up with somewhere around 5-7" overnight, I would guess. The mountain claimed 8", but that seems generous. Not super-light, but very skiable. Managed to score some fresh tracks with this plan, if it's useful to any other non-locals like me. Arrived at around 7.40, which was good...