Park City
Tuesday 17 February 1998

Weather

Conditions

Overall

Overall a succesful day, although again it did not start well.

Clear skies over the base area. The lift in the centre is the new Pay Day 6-pack. The paths through the trees of the old Pay Day lift, which started from the red netting, and the Gondola are clearly visible.	Three pairs of skies ready to go
First Time and Three Kings lifts	Sue at the top of First Time

	As usual, we started the day together. While we were riding First Time, it was obvious that there was something wrong with Chris. When we got down to the center he was pale and running a temperature. He took some pills and then stayed with Sue, while I headed for the summit for the Black Diamond Tour.
Chris waiting at the top of First Time

This photo, taken from just outside the Summit House restaurant shows the line of the new Bonanza 6-pack lift and the face to the right of the run, opened for skiing for the first time this season.	The top of Bald Mountain at Deer Valley is shrouded in mist in this photo from the Summit area at Park City

I was very apprehensive about this tour, which only runs on Tuesday's, but I was keen to find out where to ski in Jupiter Bowl so I decided to see how things turned out. There were six of us, two Germans, two other Brits and an American who was obviously an expert skier and skied at the back of thr group throughout.

The first test was the Bonanza mogul run. We obviously passed scrutiny so the guide headed down Jupiter Access. We turned off into the trees near the bottom of the run, a cut off I had skied several times before, but this time a bump took me by surprise and I ended up in the powder.

So to Jupiter Bowl.

After the first run up Jupiter we turned left and traversed several hundred yards across an undulating track nicknamed the Ho-Chi-Min trail. onto the sparsely wooded West Face. This was maybe a little steeper than Blueslip Bowl but the snow was in good condition. I didn't ski the run as fluently or quickly as the others, but I was comfortable, so I kept on with the tour.

The second time up, we turned right and took the Fortune Teller face under the lift. This was much the same as the West Face but was reached by skiing a field of enormous moguls.

On the third run, we traversed across the seriously steep Portuguese Gap and then took the lower section of Scott's Bowl.

The fourth run took us back to the West Face and a slightly steeper section with run out through the trees.

I left the tour at this point. The rest of the group were going to hike across to McKonkey's Bowl .. my legs were getting too tired. So I took Thaynes lift back to the Summit and the direct way back down to the bottom to meet the others.

Meanwhile, Chris recovered sufficiently to do some cruising off King Consolidated and Silverlode.

After lunch we all three did several runs of First Time where it was obvious that Sue's confidence was starting to return and then Chris led me back to King Consolidated and Silverlode for more high-speed cruising. Chris was obviously intent on getting to the bottom of each run as quickly as he possibly could and turns were optional!

The bottom of the new Pay Day lift	A closer view, showing the new run, Heckler, under the lift and the paths through the trees left by removal of the old lift and gondola.
The top of "Snail Trail" The junction between First Time and the cat track down to the resort center, Snail Trail.	The signs at the top of Snail Trail
Sue on First Time	Sue on First Time
Chris on First Time	Sue nearing the bottom of First Time

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