TR: Snowbird, UT 6/15/08

[FirstTracks]

Day 65: More of the same

Take yesterday (http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=117931), add four more people, and you have today.

Same weather. Same snow. Same lineup of runs:

1. Skier's left Hyena Ridge
2. Chamonix I to lower Chamonix Chutes
3. Skier's right Hyena Ridge
4. Jaws (although lower down I followed the others into Surprise Gully this time)

For the last run, this time I again followed the others to do what they did yesterday and I didn't: hike to the summit of Mount Baldy to ski Little Chute into Alta, then back to Snowbird via The Keyhole.

The eight of us finished the day in style in the Baldy Chutes. If this turns out to be the last run of the season, I'm OK with that :cool2: .

Here's some video over in my own website forum (embedding is disabled here, and I have no way to link to this video directly -- sorry, mods!):

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=6871

and some photos:

Marc_C on Hyena Ridge:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/files/01_snowbird_marc_c_hyena_ridge_080615.jpg

Tele Jon on Hyena Ridge:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/files/02_snowbird_tele_jon_hyena_ridge_080615.jpg

Dale on Hyena Ridge:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/files/03_snowbird_dale_hyena_ridge_080615.jpg

Surprise Gully -- things are getting boney down low:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/files/04_snowbird_surprise_gully_080615.jpg

Dalton's:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/files/05_snowbird_daltons_080615.jpg

Looking into Alta's Albion Basin from atop Mount Baldy:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/files/06_snowbird_albion_basin_from_baldy_080615.jpg

Alta's West Rustler and the top of the Collins Chair from Baldy Little Chute:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/files/07_alta_top_of_collins_from_little_chute_080615.jp g

[Sombeech]

NICE!! :cool2:

[Jaxx]

Day 65

:eek2: awesome!