Intact with boots and skis.
Snowbird is offering a $60 summer pass that gives you privileges to the
Tram with your ski equipment, along with specialty activities, like the
mechanical bull and zip line. As skiers, we were the definite outcasts
on the plaza deck, amidst the mob of families clad in red, white, and
blue. From the plaza deck skiing is unimaginable, with only mini smart
car sized patches of snow still remaining on some shady north facing
slopes. But with a tram ride to the top and minimal effort necessary
to get to the top of the Baldy Chutes, any lack of motivation did not
impede on our adventure. Apparently 100 degree weather in the valley
and a good start to biking season didn't demotivate a handful of other
skiers we found once we got to the top of Baldy. The "tie-dye twins",
known infamously for skiing around Little Cottonwood all winter in
tye-dyed t-shirts and board shorts, greeted us at the top telling us
that they didn't expect to see anyone else up on the peak that day and
the first person they encountered that day they ambushed with an
artillery of rocks, mistaking him for a moose. We skied Main Chute
into Alta, a long anticlimactic run. Even the anticlimax, superfluous
distribution of sun cups, and a few 100 ft plus dirt skis, didn't make
me wish I was sitting in the valley, sweating and wishing it was
January.
Peace Out,
Molly
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