One of the perks of working up at the Alta Ski Clinic is that it’s just across the street from some really great ski touring terrain. Usually, the South facing slopes above Alta get skied during and immediately after a storm, so it’s hard to get good clean runs in there.
Well, Matt offered a swap, he to Park City and I to Alta, and it being the day after a storm, I accepted. I headed uphill from the Sheriff’s office around 7 am, and I was amazed to see that practically nobody had been out yet. I actually broke trail on the way to Toledo Bowl, which never happens.
A couple of gents had put in a skinner to Toledo Chute and I couldn’t resist. The ‘moderate’ danger for the day indicated wind slabs as the primary issue on that aspect, but there were none to be found and I banged out two laps down the chute in boot top pow before grabbing a breakfast burrito at Alta Java and getting to work a few minutes early.
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Thanks Patrick for post and photos. I love your work place. The cute dog must be for avalanches.