Solitude/Brighton - 1/30/18

Sunny & Beautiful. Hadn't had snow for a while when we skied it, but still skied pretty nice. Mountains seem like they'd be fun after a storm, but the lift systems are a bit weird (took me 3 lifts to get to the "summit" chair at Solitude, for instance).

Anyway, here are some pics:







A few times on our trip, we said: if it was ever like this in the east, we'd be saying how these conditions were some of the best we'd ever skied. But out west, we were waiting for more snow. Those pictures are coming up in the Alta/Snowbird and Jackson Hole threads I'll start when I get some time later.

Looks like a great day...

how did you take the last pic..it looks cool

JasonWx wrote

Looks like a great day...

how did you take the last pic..it looks cool

There's a "tiny mode" setting on my camera that blurs the top & bottom of pictures. It's a neat effect:

(Preview of the next TR)

You significant other has perfect form in that picture. I bet she had a big smile on her face.  Good to see she does not have the chin in the chest habit

Nice Matt. It sounds like you scored some deep days eh?

Two thumbs up

MC2 5678F589 wrote

the lift systems are a bit weird (took me 3 lifts to get to the "summit" chair at Solitude, for instance).

Agreed that both ski areas have unique lift setups/topography, especially Solitude, which is why some people love it and some people stay away. Not sure if you were joking about needing three lifts to get to the summit chair -- do you mean from the bottom of Eagle?

I parked at that other parking lot (Moonbeam?), and our general plan was to work from skier's left Solitude to skier's right Brighton, then back again.

Got it: Eagle or Moonbeam --> Apex --> Summit

Some might say that Solitude is the Gore of the Cottonwoods.