12/28/09

Day 12

Conditions: Gaperlicious: Sunny, blue skies, and icy

Location: Park City, UT

It was a blue bird day at Park City, so we walked the 100 feet from our condo to the Payday lift. Things were already crowded at 9am – the lift line was long and 7 out of the 8 electronic kiosks were broken.

We got on the hill and took a few groomers. We spent most of the morning on icy runs looking for some decent trees or moguls. Unfortunately, the Park City Ski Patrol had roped off anything with the potential to be fun. We were drooling over the trees left of Pioneer Lift…but it was all roped off.

We broke for lunch early and came back out to huge crowds everywhere. We hopped around in the afternoon and ended the day with a few groomers.

Highlight:

For me, the highlight was riding afternoon bumps. The moguls on Widowmaker and Nail Driver were the perfect size for boarding, and we were able to get a great rhythm.

Dirk’s highlight was probably doing something I like to refer to as “riding hard stuff in less than favorable conditions just to prove you can.” We rode the dirt/rocks/moguls of Jupiter chair in the afternoon, and somehow Dirk was having the time of his life.

Lowlights:

Crowds. By noon things were out of control on most of the high speed lifts. It was so crowded there were multiple traffic cops directing traffic before the lift lines.

Après Ski:

We went out to The Riverhorse with Craig and Breanne for a great meal. The highlight was definitely when Breanne forced Craig to request a song. Even better was Breanne's reaction when the acoustic, folk singer didn't know Country Roads by John Denver. We settled for Desperado - weak.

Days to go: 38