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Honeycomb Canyon Panorama Honeycomb Canyon Panorama … and Honeycomb Canyon was closed due to avalanche danger. Spoke to a couple members of the ski patrol who said that they may be able to open the canyon Monday afternoon, but more likely on Tuesday. Apparently they have about 15 different spots along 5-6 routes [...] Image sourced from JHUnderground.com This is turning out to be an absolutely crazy avalanche season … First there was the inbounds avalanche at Snowbird a couple weeks ago; then an inbounds avalanche at Jackson Hole kills a skier this past Saturday. Another inbounds avalanche today at Jackson Hole didn’t hurt anyone, but damaged one [...] Heading off to the Arid-Zone tomorrow, so I’m just finishing up my packing … Good day today … slept in after Mama T’s holiday shindig in Heber yesterday, after sleeping away a good chunk of the day Saturday recovering from the Holidayna Maritini event in the Sugarhood. Headed up to Solitude this morning about [...] Salt Lake City woman killed by avalanche – Salt Lake Tribune A Salt Lake City woman died Sunday after being rescued from an inbound avalanche at Snowbird ski resort. H—— G—-, 27, died at University Hospital in Salt Lake City, said Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder. Rescuers dug her from beneath several feet of [...] From the New York Times: Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, died Friday in Auckland, New Zealand. He was 88. His death [...] Five inches of fresh snow starting at about 3:00 am until 7:00 am this morning up at Solitude, with another 9 to 16-inches expected during the day today. Looks like Saturday’s gonna be a great ski day, clear, sunny, and not too cold; all I need to do is get my pull myself out [...] Pal Scotty and I went up to Brighton, to use the “free” passes I won in a silent auction to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation a few weeks ago. Since Friday night, there’s been about 2 feet of fresh powder dump all over the mountains, and it’s still snowing now. The avalanche cannons were going off [...] And a new tradition starts, inspired by The Mop, The Mistress, and A-train. This will be a work in progress throughout the day. My first attempt at ski-ku: Snow is falling but, not today. Soon several ski resorts open. Melt and freeze, wind drifts, Avalanche danger is high, On unstable slabs. Riding up the lifts, [...] So we had our first really major winter storm last night. It started rolling in mid-afternoon … by the time I left work about 5:00, there was about an inch of snow on the ground, but it was falling hard. People forget how to drive when it’s snowing. Lots of accidents out on the road, [...] I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but many cyclists seem to have one, if not both, of the following “vices”: beer and/or coffee. My current club, Cutthroat Racing, is sponsored by the Uinta Brewing Company. One of their mainstays is Cutthroat Pale Ale (available out-of-state, with a higher alcohol content, as Angler’s Pale Ale), but [...] |
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