Snowbird

In a way, each of us has his own Snowbird to face. For some, shyness might be their Snowbird. For others, a lack of education might be their Snowbird. For us, Snowbird is a big, dangerous mountain that wants to kill us.

Snowbird is a HUGE resort, full of rock outcroppings and cornices and cliffs and chutes and, surprisingly, large predatory cats. (See below)

Fresh off our monster powder day at Brighton, we were dragging ass a bit as we rolled into Snowbird. But the sunny skies and lingering freshies (sun-baked but still relatively soft) got us in the mood in short order, and we spent most of the morning working out the kinks around Mineral Basin. After that we moved over to the front side and found some nice steep soft groomers to play with and occasional powder stashes to callenge our happily-fatigued legs.

There were two noteworthy events which transpired on this day. The first, of course, was meeting the local wildlife. (See below). The second was our first ride through the Peruvian Tunnel, a 600-foot shaftway dug straight through the mountain enabling access to Mineral Basin from the front side without having to take another tram ride. Movement through the tunnel is accomplished by means of a conveyor belt and the experience is not unlike that of a gallon of milk making its way through the checkout (only with more bad 80’s music). Check it out: