Learn to Ski: Chapter 5 – From Blue to Red Terrain

  Well, we did another trip out to Utah again. Jason and I stayed at Dave’s place and another guy, Brian from Detroit, joined us this year. Day One: The Canyons. Jason and Brian rented skis in town and Dave and I got a good deal on lift tickets to Snowbird when a lady approached…

Yikes, you hate hearing stories like this – people getting injured using a ski lift. There was some sort of problem with the lift where people were going backwards for about 2 minutes. People were jumping off while others were somehow getting slammed into a wall or something. Three people were seriously injured and 14…

Tyrol was open last night and they’re supposed to be open tonight, too. Kinda tempting. 🙂 It looks like they changed their website. I think I like their old one better. -T 📄 Download PDF Version

Cascade Mountain is making snow now. It’s no wonder, it’s cold enough. We have our orientation meeting on Sunday and then we may open by the 22nd, I’ve heard. Nice! -T Update:   We’re trying to open this Saturday. Here’s an updated photo (from the webcam):   There will probably be just 2 runs open:…

Well, it’s finally about "go" time. It came pretty quickly. I can’t believe I leave in 2 days. I always thought I’d be going skiing "out West" (as everyone says) in Colorado first, but from what I’ve heard lately (and seeing how much snow is falling), Utah is the hot spot (not too hot for…