Messages posted by : dustyfog
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Thx. Are there places to stay on the mountain ? The thing is given the size of the area, and different villages, its hard to tell what is of closest proximity to the Pistes? Are there ski-in/ski-out places? And finally, how would you compare this to say staying in Oberlech, and Lech-Zurs, slopes, prices etc. Generally, we are all about skiing and almost never care about apres so to speak, but charm of the locale of course is part of the appeal of travel.
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Looks really pleasant and low-key, nice place, where is it exactly, (can look it up in Google). Great pics, chilled..
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Some video:
1. Waltzing down a groomer at Deer Valley: 2. Alta powder, tree-chute http://www.vimeo.com/10768075 3. The start of 5 days of powder (this is at Solitude, continued into Alta) http://www.vimeo.com/10767862 |
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Its interesting but a long, long way from the Americas. And my pal Klaus Mair is the Director of Treble Cone ski school again this year I think, not sure though.
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Trench : Food at Deer Valley is really good and Goldener Hirsch is a real nice, low-key Inn to rest at, actually quite euro as in the original in Austria. Personally, had lunch once on the mountain, at Silver Lake, "steak" ! Note Alta food at Watson's is also of pretty high caliber.
Ally: Interesting. Well, since I know quite a few mormons, most "not practicing", some yes, and some I knew quite well a long time ago. note this is the mountain, Salt Lake City is an industrial, and in my view pretty heavily polluted town, but that is also a function of the weather in the valley and the Salt Lake and a weather phenomena known as "inversion". Generally, Utah is desert, the mountains are built on "sand" as they say, rugged and beautiful, that is the state. Since I do not imbibe ANY alcohol when I ski, it makes no difference to me, but generally on mountain, alcoholi drinks are available and they have relaxed the laws a bit, but on the whole, heavy drinking not very visible as the Brits like to enjoy. Note I am making neutral observation, when on the plains, I am a regular guy and enjoy a nip here and there of scotch only mind you, with club soda and ice... |
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While I normally wear POC lobes, and have no complaints, on very, wet, moisture-ridden days they have dripped moisture and fogged.
So you could try the Habervision goggles, have the Prima's, optic-orange excellent for flat light, though the Eliminator device they sell is supposed to automatically remove fogging effects, did not arm it...but take a look, goggles themselves were excellent in flat, whiteout conditions, as good as any clear lens, perhaps better..best I have used (which is not that many but they were good) http://www.habervision.com/product/Prima.aspx Optic-orange gives this surreal outer-space, moonscape/martian look to surroundings :mrgreen: My son is wearing his new Rivas on the other thread..and you can see the Primas on me, if the aesthetics matter: http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/8327.page#74969 |
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A trail map of spot over Honeycomb Canyon in Solitude: if interested, magnify it, look to the top, slightly right area under the steep cliff faces below the ridge lines, and you can see the outline of a traverse, the picture taken is on tha traverse about to enter Honeycomb Canyon: Look at trail called Voltaire, standing right above it..
http://www.visitsaltlake.com/includes/media/docs/Solitude_Trail_Map_08-091.pdf Here is a trail map of Alta: Look at middle page, trail #66,saddle traverse that is where I am between trails 74-80,skiied over the "ice-cream run" down from the saddle traverse around run #76 through #78, lapped it a few times, just beautiful conditions...natural wind-grooming, NO MAN-MACHINE grooming possible there, just "real ice"-cream... http://www.alta.com/Newsite/images/trailmaps/trailmap_large.jpg |
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1. Deer Valley,Utah, Monday: Stein's Way - long, steep cruiser, Panorama over Jordanelle, Reservoir
2. Solitude, Utah, Wednesday, Powder Day, Snow coming down incessantly, Near Apex Lift, Solitude: 
3.Solitude, Utah, Thursday: Entry into top of Honeycomb Canyon, above powder bowl, going down into Canyon via Voltaire: 
4. Post Powder Face-Plant, Alta, Friday: 
5. Alta, Utah, Saturday: Mid-way on West Rustler on Saddle Traverse about to begin run over "ice-cream" wind-buffed run: 
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