er year and another sunny week in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Again we hit the slopes with spring conditions. It snowed the week before we got there so there was plenty of the white stuff. (It also dumped for weeks after we left.) We are having a tough time catching powder. I'll be posting my resort guide shortly.
Honeycomb canyon is beautiful. Solitude has some real awesome terrain. It takes a day to get used to "how" it is set up. At first, the lifts seem to be in odd places, but after a day out there the puzzle of Solitude became quite clear. So be patient and give yourself a couple days. The Inn at Solitude village was real nice. For the price, they should include the lift tickets. See my full report.
Can you say cold? It was bitter in early January at Sugarbush. Temps in the single digits at high noon. Conditions were mixed with the glades having the best conditions. It snowed hard the week before but those northeast winds blew it into the woods. Exposed trails were, well lets just say ice is an under statement. Rime coated all the upper mountain lifts. On the positive side, Sugarbush resort was trying hard to get some snow on the bad spots. (fyi, camera date is wrong on pic)
Breckenridge is a great resort town. The mountain has plenty to offer too. There are 4 huge peaks and some nice bowl skiing. The 6-chair area was real sweet with a foot of freshies. This is a great group trip destination. I found that the season pass was cheaper then a 6 -day multi-pass. I skied 8 days. The pass was also good at Vail, Keystone, and Arapahoe Basin. I took one day off to snowshoe. I would suggest non-holiday for anyone going. The lines were not bad if you knew the mountain. My personal guide made sure we didn't hit too many lift lines.