Alta/Snowbird, UT

Euphoria is the only word I can use to describe these places. I had the perfect conditions to use my Soul 7s, and Cater and his dad came to ski for a few days. Even

Henry was at Jackson for a day and we tried
for a meditation position on the trampoline.

better we had an amazing place that we were staying at. This place had an indoor basketball court and trampoline, along with a pool table and a hot tub. Needless to say I was never board.

The first day of skiing was at Snowbird. As we expected it was amazing. Undoubtedly that was the best snow I had ever seen in my life. It was exactly as it is usually advertised by the mountain. The snow was called champagne powder, and it lived up to its name. It was light and fluffy, and in some places I glided over it noiselessly. My mom had been talking for days about the famous Utah powder, and she finally got it. I’m glad the snow was this good because two years earlier my dad,

Carter’s dad, our friend Bob, my uncle Peter, and uncle John had come out to Alta/Snowbird and the snow was awful. Now at least Carter’s dad and my dad have skied the powder.  We found a bunch of trails covered with powder and a small terrain park with decent sized jumps.

Waiting for everyone.

The second day we tried Alta. There had been a small storm overnight so the snow had been replenished and there was plenty of powder. That day we mostly focused on a place called Cathrine’s area. In Catherine’s area there were mostly steep powdery slopes. They were in good condition all day because they took a bit of a hike to get to, and from the base they didn’t look great.

On day three we went back to Alta because we decided that it would be too chewed up at Snowbird. As it turned out Alta was pretty chewed up as well. Fortunately an area called Ballroom opened. It had been closed for the past few days, so there was plenty of fresh snow. We had to hike a lot to get to the best snow because within five minutes of Ballroom being open the bottom had been completely skied off. On our first Ballroom run I decided to hike up farther than anyone else in my group. It was a long hike, but it was totally worth it. I did the hike three times and found patches of untracked, six inch deep powder. After those runs we went down to the lodge for lunch. After lunch we took a few more runs then went back to the house to start packing for Aspen. Overall Alta/Snowbird was great. The snow was amazing and the people were friendly.  If anyone ever finds themselves in the area I would strongly recommend going, just be careful, you might have trouble leaving.

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