early autumn collins gulch 9/28/13 (alta)

[Bobby Danger]

after living through the second warmest summer in weather keeping history . i didn't think it was ever going to cool down enough for it to snow.

started skinning at the base of the ski area as if it were a normal start to the season , but i really wouldn't say this was day one , still need to lose the leaves on the trees and they are turning .

there aren't many trees that drop there leaves in alta , certainly all are in the base area somewhere .

alot of deer tracks in the snow this wasn't enough of a storm to push them down canyon , besides this fifteen inches of snow will be gone by the end of today except for maybe the shadiest places above ten thousand feet .

there were a few people hiking about the resort but not many

 

[Tony Crocker]

I wondered if there was enough to tempt someone to notch September. Perhaps BobbyD is tempted to chase Patrick?

 

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[Tony Crocker]

Skiing looked quite fluid considering the very low tide. Presumably you locals know where it's a grassy and not rocky subsurface there in Collins Gulch.

 

[Bobby Danger]

even the grassy areas have rocks about the hill side , very sketchy at best

 

[Marc_C]

Skiing looked quite fluid considering the very low tide. Presumably you locals know where it's a grassy and not rocky subsurface there in Collins Gulch.

Like Bobby said, there really aren't any rock-free areas. Maybe they just don't care about the rock skis they're using, or, more dauntingly, not caring about a season-ending injury happening on the first day of pre-season.