Ski Days this season: 85

Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 3
Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 62
Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 8
UofU Golf Course, Salt Lake City, UT: 1
Telluride, San Juan Mountains, CO: 3
Powder Mountain, Ogden, UT: 1
Taos Ski Valley, Taos, NM: 4
Ski Hesperus, Durango, CO: 1

What happened?!? UT has apparently skipped 3 months and started May early this season as Little Cottonwood Canyon begins to resemble its summer form.

Skied Alta for the first time in a month and a half. The following was heard over the course of 3 hours while riding the Collins & Sugarloaf chairs.

• Stock Broker from NYC, “I watched a guy die in the Chamonix, he fell down in moguls and fell for 3000 feet. He needed some fatter skis for those bumps. (points to Volkl AC4 carving ski)
• 15-year old Steeze Monkey, “I’ve been vibin’ out to a lot of Bob Dylan recently. Just sittin’ on the coach with my skull-candy on listening to the man in black.”
• Salt Lake Valley Worker in his 50s, “…we had a pact to pick up a chick in every bar in St. Anton, I totally won.”

Very cool video featuring Candide Thovex. I wish I was a famous French skier…

Ullr, please make this weekend’s storm 100″
Jake