SoliSunday / A mini-TR for my 100th
My first 3 days of the season. I skied Solitude last Friday & Sunday, and Saturday I spent skiing at Alta wishing there was more snow. That’s not to say that Solitude had any more snow, no - It was just not as hard.
We need snow. We? No, I’m not a local. Actually I’m on the EC, but I consider Solitude to be my hill away from home. I’ve been getting in around 15 days a year there for several years. Is 15+ days enough to be ‘We’? I hope so.
I love it – it’s one of my favorite hills. I like the Summit-Cathedral laps the best, and always end with Honey. There’s not many places that I haven’t been … I’m working on a short list.
I understand the snow pack is right on track for a normal year. I guess the last few have been spoiling us. Us, yeah us.
Sunday I found myself skiing alone. I didn’t see many people I thought might be maggots, but I did ask two Maggot-like dudes if they were. They weren’t, but they laughed at the fact that someone asked if they were Maggots.
What does a Maggot look like? I don’t know, but in my minds-eye I picture skiers with presence, power, and style all packaged into a care free & relaxed attitude (consequently this is not how I picture other forums skiers).
I guess the fact is that Solitude is not the place to run into a lot of people let alone Maggots, and that’s not a bad thing.
Anyway back to the skiing. Some of the high traverses were rock gardens. I walked across a few of them, but didn’t get any reward on the other side. I saw the rocks in the middle of primo lines and almost pitied the poor bastard that was unfortunate enough to get maybe 2-3 inches over top of the rocks that were guaranteed to blow out an edge. Core shot at minimum.
I was ready to be that guy. I'd prefer more, but I'd take anything ... 2 inches, three, more. I’d gladly sacrifice my 724Pro’s for the cause. Hell, I was crushing rocks with them anyway – might as well be hiding under some snow!
It snowed Sunday night. I think the official tally for Monday morning was 7”? The closest I got to fresh tracks was driving down BCC to go to the airport. I’m still thinking about a few lines that would have ended the usefulness of my skis. I would have made the sacrifice and would’ve hate-loved every stinkin’ turn.
I got nuthin, but I managed to mangle my now new tele boards anyway. Yeah, ‘We’ got snow at least. It was awesome.
I’ll be back.
