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Day 17

Conditions: Powder

Location: Snowbird, Utah

Our first day back in much too long, and we drove to The Bird to find plenty of fresh powder. It had been dumping for days and days, but there was still plenty of fresh to be had. Dirk also fulfilled a life-long dream of buying a Snowbird season pass. Sure, it was just a Spring Pass...but he had a moment. 

Mineral and Road to Provo were closed, so we spent some time on the front side lapping our usual tree runs.

At noon, patrol announced there were major lightning storms and that all lifts were shut down. The lifts had to remain closed for 10 minutes after each occurrence of lightening or thunder, and every time there was lightning or thunder, the clock reset. Let’s just say that there was a lot of thunder.

We took a leap of faith and left. We had many errands to run for the upcoming weeks. As it turns out, Snowbird never reopened at all.

Highlight:

That “it’s good to be back” feeling! Despite minor aches and pains, we managed to have some great runs. Just the feel of the boards on our feet was therapeutic.

Lowlights:

Leaving at noon. That sucked.

Après Ski:

We headed home and complete a ton of errands. Then I cooked dinner in our brand new house. Gas stoves rock!

Days to go: 33