These notes were written more than 2 years after the day of skiing. From the photographs and the list of runs, this looks like a fairly "standard" visit to Brighton, with pretty good weather and snow conditions. The day started with 4 runs from Crest Express, the highlight being moguls on the intermediate run, Hawkeye.
Mount Millicent at the start of the day |
The run under crest in shade |
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The sun breaking through the trees |
The warm-up runs were followed by more challenging skiing, with 4 runs from Snake Creek, starting with the steep mogulled run under the lift, Doyle's Dive and ending with a relatively fast ski down Thunderhead and the subsequent mogul runs before a break for coffee.
Doyles Dive under Snake Creek |
Moguls on Doyle's Dive |
Heber Valley |
Lots of snow in the back country |
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Thunderhead |
After the coffee break, I moved over to Great Western Express for a few runs and finished with a variety of runs from all three major lifts.
Track from the top of Great Western |
I ended the day at lunchtime. The pictures showing the snow at the sides of the roads shows a good snow depth.
Looking across the car park towards Millicent |
The base of Great Western |
Lots of snow by the roadside |
The road to Park City |
| Lift | Vertical | Easy Runs | Intermediate Runs | Advanced Runs |
| Start of day | ||||
| Crest | 1207 | Hawkeye | Hawkeye, Tantamount | |
| Crest | 1207 | Lower Mary | Pacific Highway, Snow Drift | |
| Crest | 1207 | Lower Majestic | Pacific Highway, Shoulder | |
| Crest | 1207 | Snake Creek Access | Thunder Road, My-O-My | |
| Snake Creek | 1040 | Deer Park | Doyles Dive | |
| Snake Creek | 1040 | Pioneer, Pine Martin | ||
| Snake Creek | 1040 | Pine Martin | Doyles Dive | |
| Snake Creek | 1040 | Scout, Lone Star, Thunderhead | ||
| Coffee break | ||||
| Great Western | 1745 | Elk Park, Golden Needle | ||
| Snake Creek | 1040 | Snake Creek Access | Doyles Dive, Pioneer, Great Western | |
| Great Western | 1745 | Elk Park, Great Western, Lone Star | Aspen Glo | |
| Great Western | 1745 | Hawkeye | Western Trail, Lone Star, Thunderhead | |
| Crest | 1207 | Deer Park | Tantamount | Wintergreen |
| Snake Creek | 1040 | Snake Creek Access | Doyles Dive | |
| Snake Creek | 1040 | Lone Star, Thunderhead, Scout | ||
| Lunch/End of Day | ||||
| Total vertical | 18550 |
Last updated: 6th February 2007
