Writeup By Randy Schader
Bill, Corrie, Randy
Traveled on Friday, March 12 2004 to Salt Lake City. Waited at the airport for the Crystal Inn shuttle for 45 minutes. Called the second time and they said they would send it again. Dinner at Squatters Pub – ate too much (a common theme). Walking around town, we saw that Club Naked and Vortex were winding up. Saw several young ladies dressed like it was summer in hot pants and halters. No snow in SLC. Didn’t need a jacket. Off to bed early
Heavy snow occurred 10 days earlier. Shuda been here… needed fresh snow. Groomed trails were great but off-trail were crunchy and grabby. The temperature was warm and the conditions got soft and slushy. “Nice moguls” from Bill. Blue sky every day, but the second day got cloudy and a touch windy. Bill napped on the return bus trip, the bus hit a pothole and Bill bounced his head against the window. Good for laughs. All in the rear of the bus heard the bounce. The bus route is on 7200 south, the possible hotel would be ‘InTown suites’, next to UTA Trax.
Did not have a grocery store near the hotel. Thus needed to bring supplies such as a power bar.
Saturday, skied Alta. Confusion on the shuttle bus schedule. Conflicting information from Crystal Inn and bus schedule. The bus stop was right next to the Crystal Inn. Took the bus directly to Alta in about 1 hour, and 1.5-hour return. Lots of stops, not an express. Chair Supreme was icy, aggressive, or lame. Dinner at Red Rock.
Sunday, skied Brighton. The large mountain on a cul-de-sac. Good tree-lined runs. Got overcast, and then cooled off. Dinner at Boca De Pepo. Faith, our waitress, was traveling to France soon so we talked w/ her about it. Faith loved Belgium. A woman at the next table asked us, ‘are we engineers?’
Monday, skied snowbird. Crystal Inn screwed up by not having lift tickets. Had to get to Canyon sports to buy 3 tix for $149 (w/ tram). Caught up w/ Pat Bader, Mark Kelsey, and Al??. Bill did some hiking to crusty snow. Not worth it. ‘No, Pat, I’m not skiing that’ was said by Randy m-a-n-y times. Mineral Basin was good, the A team spent the morning there. A mix-up on lunch meets point (bad Randy). Tram was not worth it on days like this. Dinner at Red Rock. Bill got a horizontal stripe on his forehead due to a lack of sunscreen.
Tuesday, skied Solitude. Smaller. Very slushy. Randy had a good wipeout on Inspiration. Very icy and steep run. The face of the mountain faces the sun and was slushy early in the morning. A lot of fun little tight areas on the summit lift. Once again Bill liked moguls in the back. A very nice bowl of this lift. Corrie almost killed himself on the last run of the day. Randy was a little tired and could have stopped a little earlier. For the first time, all travels went well land fast. Just like it was supposed to be going. Randy did 3 too many runs. Late afternoon it got crusty in the shadows. Dinner at P.F. Changs.
