Went out looking for snow at Empire in Deer Valley and found all of a couple of inches. The skin up was OK, However, due to the ridiculously thin snow "cover", what was then planned to be a skin down became a ski carry and walk down all but the flattest spots. Although always happy to steal a winter day, this one required enough extra work to make one think one may not be that talented a thief after all... In any way with temps of 18 F at the parking lot and both wind and Dynafit bindings freezing on top of McConkey's it felt like a somewhat legit snow day. Here are the pictures:
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| Jupiter Peak still needing a few more storms... |
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| Loki in the foreground and Guardsman's Pass in the center-right behind him. |
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Sundog is always a good snow trap, you can even see some turns in the lower
part, likely from after the October storm. |
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| View down McConkey's bowl. |
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| Clayton Peak (in Brighton ski resort aka Majestic), elevation 10,721. |
