Preseason Skiing at Alta

This weekend we were able to get up and take advantage of some of the great snow that this latest preseason storm had dumped on the upper elevations. On Wednesday, Justin was able to get up and get some deep snow during a run down Alta. Friday Justin and I headed up to Alta again in search of more snow. We were surprised to find some great skiing, about 15 inches of freshies, with very little rock encounters on the Baldy shoulder. It was a great afternoon of skiing. The next morning Justin, Lucy, and I headed up to Alta again, looking to get on Main Chute off of Mt Baldy. We were hoping to get first tracks, but soon noticed that there was already a pair of ski tracks coming out of it from earlier that morning, and a party of 5 or 6 headed up in front of us. None-the-less we were psyched. We got to the top and scoped out the possibility of skiing Little Chute instead, but opted to stick with Main to avoid destroying our skis. The skiing down Main was great; the snow was soft and mostly all the rocks were covered up. We got back down to base with a car-to-car time of about 3 hours. It was a great day of skiing, especially for the beginning of November! Here's a link to a video of us skiing Main Chute: https://vimeo.com/78446652

Altas filling in on 10/30

Justin getting some fresh snow on the Baldy shoulder

Lucy heading up to the summit of Baldy

Getting ready to drop. Photo cred: Lucy

Panorama from on top of Main Chute. Photo Cred Lucy