Day 84 - Sun Valley

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a quick coffee break; cloudy, thirties, little to no wind; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; I'm so tired my skiing is devolving.

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Day 83 - Sun Valley

Out 9:00 to 2:15 with a break for lunch; a little light snow starting when I left, but generally cloudy with temps in the upper twenties; 20 runs or so, 35,000 vert; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; more fall line groomers; looking forward to a day off on Sat to drive - I'm tired.

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Day 82 - Sun Valley

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with a coffee break; thirty, sunny, no wind; 16 runs; 35,000 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; lots of steep, fall line groomers; toughest greens of any resort I've ever seen.

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Day 81 - Mt. Bachelor

Out 9:00 to 11:30 no break; forty, sunny, no wind; 13 runs; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; the summit lift makes this mountain; travel day - Sun Valley tomorrow.

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Day 80 - Mt. Bachelor

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a long lunch; 20 runs; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; clear, cold, and windy; hopefully the wind will die down for tomorrow and they'll open the summit lift.

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Day 79 - Mt. Bachelor

Relatively cold and windy; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; they had some snow; out early, skied some groomers, had coffee, and left when I came back out and there was a line.



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Day 78 - Sugar Bowl

Out 9:00 to 12:00 no break; a slight change in today's weather - sunny with temps in the forties, but today there was a little wind; 13 runs; 17,000 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahmas; no snow here either - 75% open; groomers chunked up right away with skier traffic; similar to Squaw - rocks, trees, cliffs repeat.

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Day 77 - Boreal Mtn

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a long lunch at the car; fifties, sunny, no wind - I'm almost out of sun screen; 30 runs; 15,000 vertical; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; couldn't pass up another free lift ticket, besides with nobody else skiing here the soft snow doesn't get beat to death by the crowd.



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Day 76 - Northstar

Out 10:30 to 2:30 with a quick candy bar break; little change in the weather - fifties and sunny with no wind; 16 runs; 27,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; no snow - too bad for me, I came to CA and skied quickly melting snowmaking, but these people are in a serious drought; I imagine that with some snow Outlook and Backside would be a killer mix of groomers, steeps, and big tree glades; much too long of a walk from the parking shuttle drop off to the snow; another beautiful day in the Tahoe National Forest.

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Day 75 - Boreal Mtn

Out 9:30 to 2:00 with another 2 beer break; forties and sunny with no wind - again; 25+ runs; 12,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19 and 17's; soft snow everywhere - harvested the corn in the trees after the morning's groomers turned to slush; not much of a hill, but the Woodward/park thing they've got going is pretty cool; set in a beautiful pine forest; nicked the p-tex on the Head 19's pretty bad today; one of the most comfortable ski days I've enjoyed in a long time - the hill, the weather, the snow, my equipment, my body, my attitude were all perfectly comfy.



Donner Ski Ranch and Sugar Bowl from Boreal Ridge

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Day 74 - Mammoth Mtn

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with a 2 beer break around noon; sunny, temps in the forties, no wind; 22 runs; 27,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahmas; no snow here - parts of the mountain were not open; at least there was enough snow up high to ski; blew off Deer Valley on Fri and just drove to Las Vegas instead - then drove out and back to the Grand Canyon on Sat - then on Sun I drove all the way up Lee Canyon to the Las Vegas Ski Bowl and actually put one boot on before taking it as a sign to leave when I had to take my ski boot back off because I forgot to change socks.



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Day 73 - Park City

NASTAR - 16.31 Gold

Out 9:30 to 12:30 just to do some NASTAR; more of the same weather wise - sunny, temps in the forties, no wind; 14 runs; 17,750 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; tough set today even for a NASTAR course - 15-17m set with 15ft offset; it took a little while but I finally figured it out a little - my last four runs were my fastest.



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Day 72 - Park City

NASTAR - 12.04 Platinum

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a long lunch after NASTAR; temps in the forties with brilliant sunshine and no wind; 22 runs; 27,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's, the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups, and the Blizzard Brahmas; spring conditions;





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Day 71 - Park City

Out 9:15 to 3:00 with coffee and lunch breaks; last night's rain on the drive in was 3" wet snow up high this AM, otherwise cloudy with temps in the mid-thirties and no wind; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's and the Rossignol Experience 98's; 18 runs; 24,000 vertical; small change of plans: Fri - ski Deer Valley then drive to LV, Sat - Grand Canyon, then Sun - an early ski day at LV Ski Bowl then drive through Death Valley to Mammoth.



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Day 70 - Copper Mtn

Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a coffee break; cool morning quickly gave way to comfortable temps around 40° - absolutely brilliant sunshine, not even a hint of a cloud or any haze; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; 14 runs; 26,500 vertical; out for some groomers before traveling this afternoon - last 2 runs were fresh 'noon groomers'.



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Day 69 - Copper Mtn

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with a break for lunch; morning clouds gave way to brilliant sunshine; temps rising into the 40's; 24 runs; 30,000 vert; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; soft morning groomers gave way to sun baked, afternoon corn way up high; have skied most everything here now except for Tucker Mtn - I'm not hiking; I really like this picture of Breckenridge and points SW I took today from Copper.



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Day 68 - Copper Mtn

Out 8:30 to 1:30 with a real quick coffee break; 40°+ and sunny with no wind - ; 18 runs; 22,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma's; wrong wax; conditions are pretty good despite no recent snow - the groomers were divine, especially early, and the steeps were covered and still relatively soft to my feel; covered most of the mountain today - still need to explore Alpine, Snow King, and some of the bowls; I miss parking close to the lifts - today's pic shows how far away you are at Copper.



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Day 67 - Snow Creek

NASTAR - 22 Gold

4 to 8, 25 runs, skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's, nice course - used the whole hill, 300 vert, sorry, this is so short - I'll post some pics of the last few day soon.



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Day 66 - Snow Trails

Ski Trip Day 4. Out 10:00 to 3:30 with a lunch break in the bar; cloudy with temps steady in the upper twenties and little to no wind; 60 runs - no that's not a typo; 9,000 vertical - that works out 4 minutes and 150 vertical per run; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's, the snow was groomed out to perfection; very few other people on the hill; had a very nice day skiing with my cousins (Mark and Tam) and my sister.



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Day 65 - Hidden Valley

Ski Trip Day 3. Out 10:00 to 1:30 with a quick lunch break; 35° and raining this morning at the hotel, but it started to snow on the drive to the hill - it continued to snow as the temperatures plummeted thru the twenties into the teens by the time I left; 20 runs; 8,000 vertical; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; they groomed everything flat during last night's rain and it flash froze today this morning - still skiable, but barely; conditions improved as the snow started to accumulate; for a little hill it has some nice infrastructure - good lifts, nice lodge, and good grooming; I definitely go back.



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Day 64 - Seven Springs

NASTAR - 18.01 Gold

Ski Trip Day 2. Out 9:00 to 1:45 without a break; light, wet snow accumulating to a couple of inches - temps steady around 30° 29 runs; 14,000 vertical; tried lots of skis today - the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's, the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's, and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; late grooming left Gunner a little to mushy for my liking, but I did 8 quickies anyway; broke a pole at NASTAR today; got a retro Seven Springs NASTAR Gold Medal today; did not ski very well today.

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