12/31/09

Day 15

Conditions: More Epic Powder

Location: Snowbird, Utah

Today was a bluebird day at Snowbird, and the powder was plentiful. We got up early and picked up Craig at 7am to do the Canyon Crawl again. We had plenty of time to boot up and get in the Tram line – which was packed with locals and fatty skis.

We had run after run floating in sweet, fluffy powder. We started with a run down the front side to Peruvian Express. Then, we followed the rope openings to Mineral Basin, Baldy and Little Cloud. Every run was powder or powdery moguls.

Just like yesterday, we didn’t stop for lunch. We finished the day at Gad 2 and called it around 2:30.

Highlight:

Powder. It’s impossible to explain the awesomeness of riding in powder to someone who doesn’t snowboard or ski. It is complete freedom and absolute flow. Time doesn’t exist. Nothing else exists. Paul Newman use to say that he raced cars because it was the only time he ever felt any semblance of grace – that’s how I feel about snowboarding on a day like today.

Lowlights:

There really were none – but the lines were pretty long. The valet told us there were 6400 people on the mountain today. That’s a lot.

Après Ski:

It’s New Year’s Eve…so there’s only one thing to do: pack and go to bed early in preperation for one more day out tomorrow.

Days to go: 35