birthskiday

Yup, it's my birthday.  Same as Elvis - except I'm only early40something instead of 76, which the King would have been.  (Truly, some days I feel 76 ... but not today.)  Unfortunately, I did not get any new snow for my birthday, so we took our time getting up to Alta this morning - having leisurely coffee, phone calls from back east and egg and cheese sandwiches a la H.

With the current inversion (supposed to skide on out of here this evening, which would be awesome), it was chilly and 18 at home, but brighter and 23 up in the Alta parking lot.  We'd thought it was going to be sunny, and, being excited to see the sun, slathered on the SPF, but the tops of the mountains were nestled in the clouds.  This meant patches of occasional blue sky, but mostly clouds and snow flurries.  The light was flat and the clouds blew in and out, making the visibility less than ideal.

The visibility issues coupled with the dearth of new snow - they still have a 105 inch base and no ice, so I'm just being a Utah snow snob here - and the fact that I'd dressed for "high 20s and sunny" and not "high 20s and cloudy," which is what we got, meant that we only skied for three hours.  No complaints though, really, because three hours of skiing is way better than three hours of not-skiing.

The afternoon was spent chilling at home before we headed out for birthday dinner ... but that's another post.