Eagle Express Open!

11/24/09
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The Fog's where out in full force today. Welcome back to Duane, Dorrie, John and Papa Roach! Great conditions for mostly man made snow, with a little fresh on top. It felt sooo good to cruise the bowl down to lower sundancer. Parking is now available down by Eagle and we can say goodbye to Moonbeam for a while. More vertical, more friends and more fun...

Another Blue Bird Day

Another great day at Solitude. Lot's of snow has piled up over the last 12 days. Today's stats are mid mountain 60" base with 159" total snowfall so far this season. Everything is open with the exception of Sol/Bright cut over. A few rocks here and there back in Honeycomb but the feeling is there. With a few more storms and a few less people (yes, it's been busy over the holidays) over the next few weeks, we are in business. We are also pleased to see Bill back on the mountain, welcome back FOG.

First Big Snow of the 08 - 09 Season!

Look at what happened overnight, 22" (mid mountain) just like that! In celebration a few us had our little party on the Moonbeam deck today. It made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck in anticipation, opening day is just around the corner. This is how things looked just 7 days ago:

Welcome Back Mr Sun

We saw the first day of sun today that I can remember for quite sometime, welcome back. After the holiday it was nice to see sun, no people and the beach just the way we remembered it. Honeycomb was still in good shape and many of us made our laps back there today looking for more powder from Sunday. We can be such SL,UT powder hounds!

Brisk Tailgate Wednesday

Today's high was supposed to be around 7 degrees! I'm not sure what the temps where today, but whoa, it was cold. Brighton reported a record low of -2 degrees. But, nothing like some great friends and some good warm goodies to finish out our day. Warm Chicago Dogs and some Crazy George spiked cider did just the trick to take the edge off of the cold temperatures. We said goodbye to Tony and Barb today from California, hopefully they will be back for Brigs birthday. Oh yeah, Linda gave Bill a new ruskie hat today, dig it!

It's A Keeper!

After the sacrifice, we have snow... would you ever doubt us? There is more on the way tomorrow!

Sacrifice to the Snow Gods IV

The Snow Gods were called upon again today. It is said that the person that sees our sacrificed virgin on the beach will have good luck. Are you feeling lucky?

Grumpy and his Merry Crew

Another nice day with much cooler temps. Solitude is now blowing snow full time. Fleet Street is rumored to be the next opening run from the top of Apex. Thanksgiving weekend is upon us, hopefully more resorts will open. Ski some runs, eat some turkey and be happy. Coming this weekend, the Crazy George Cam...

Fall Lunch Pesto Pasta Spectacular

Another fine luncheon for the fogs today on top of the Moonbeam center. John made up some great pesto pasta made from Bill's garden (picked fresh yesterday) and cooked it on the spot. Ron rounded it out with some Italian sausages and we also had the usual snacks. It just dosen't get any better, blue skys, cool air and great company. We chated about the first snow, Karl predicted the 23rd, we'll keep our fingers crossed.