Park City
Wednesday 12 February 1997

Weather

Cold, snowing. Obviously needed to refresh the slopes, but it made ski condition pretty unpleasant.

Conditions

Some slopes were groomed overnight, but the cold temperatures meant that the surface granules did not thaw. Gradually fesh snow built up and conditions improved throughout the day.

Overall

Although there was a sunrise, the weather forecast was for a winter storm and 6-8 inches of snow by the end of the day.

During breakfast, the first flakes of snow started to fall and by the time we starte to ski, the snow was beginning to build up.

The skis in front of First Time lift (which is almost hidden by the depth of the snow)

Chris by the car at the start of the day.

Sue, still suffering from a heavy cold, decided to stay down at the Resort Level. Chris and I headed for the Summit, taking a few runs off King Con and Silverlode on the way. The wind got up and the snow got heavier. By mid morning, there was a good accumulation on all slopes.

We moved on to Pioneer and both caught skis and fell in the uneven surface below the fresh powder. Before returning to the Resort Center for lunch, we went down Jupiter Access and headed into the fresh powder in the trees and finished off with a run down Single Jack. The moguls were filling with soft snow, which I found made them easier, but Chris found difficult to cope with.


Chris under Motherlode lift in the heavy snow ...

... and getting skis together after a fall.
Chris on the soft powder of Single Jack

After lunch, we all took PayDay and started off down the run of the same name. Sue decided that her legs were not up to the complete run, so we cut over to Blanche.

It was now about 2pm. Chris and I headed back up the mountain. It was clear that Chris was getting tired, and he looked for the easier runs wherever possible. Meanwhile, I tried the moguls under King Consolidated lift, the face to the left of King Con, which has several inches of untracked fresh powder on top of bumps at the top and small shrubs lower down.

Finally, on the way down, I tried Mens SL for the first time. The fresh powder made the run much easier than on earlier days.

Vertical: Sue:3881, Chris: 21678

Vertical (feet)

21678

Runs

Lift	Vertical	Easy Runs	Intermediate Runs	Advanced Runs
First Time	270	Silver Hollow
Eagle	1140		Temptation
King Consolidated	1200		Eureka	Combustion
King Consolidated	1200		Shamus	Combustion
King Consolidated	1200		King Con
Break
Silverlode	1305			Prospector
Silverlode	1305			Lost Prospector, Dynamite
Silverlode	1305	Claim Jumper, Bonanza
Pioneer	965	Woodside		Sampson
Pioneer	965	Woodside	Comstock
Pioneer	965	Mid Mountain Cutoff	Red Fox	Lower Pioneer
Pioneer	965	Woodside	Hawkeye
Pioneer	965		Jupiter Access, The Woods
Thaynes	875		Single Jack	Lower Single Jack
Motherlode	1265	Claim Jumper, Drift	Treasure Hollow	Nail Driver, Silver Queen
Lunch
PayDay	1286	Blanche	PayDay, Treasure Hollow
Eagle	1140		Temptation
King Consolidated	1200		Sitka	Combustion
King Consolidated	1200		King Con, Broadway
King Consolidated	1200		King Con Ridge, Gotcha Cut-Off	Mens SL
Total vertical	21916