slow start

You may have noticed here on the blog that there haven't been as many early season ski posts this year.  That's because there hasn't been as much early season snow, and thus less early season skiing to blog about.  We're just getting these puny little storms that drop a couple inches here and there (except that down at Brian Head they just got pummeled with 15+ inches) and Alta's base depth is hovering at the 26" mark.

I've only gone twice while H has gone six times, and the skiing is very good eastern-style conditions right now: soft groomers with no ice.  He went this past Saturday (it was too cold for me, although if we'd gotten a big dump of snow I would have sucked it up) and had to wear his face mask to protect himself from the snow guns.  Good grief - the snow guns are on at Alta instead of the avi-control guns.  That's just not right. Please!  Snow, please!

This is looking up a chute from the Ballroom - 

it's actually very, very steep