new year's eve

I had to go to work on New Year's Eve (Monday) but H went skiing, determined not to let his recent ski bus struggles impact him.  Sunday afternoon's storm had dropped about a foot at Alta but the canyon road was open, with no delays getting up there, and the sun was coming out.  At 8:25 a.m., fifty minutes before Alta starts to load the chairlifts, the corral was nearly full of people anxious to get on the hill and there were no available seats at the Goldminer's Daughter lodge. The crowd would swell into a horde and for the first four runs, the Collins chair line and the Wildcat chair line merged into one giant mass of humanity.

Catherine's Area looking good

The new snow was pretty good and H, on his alpine set-up, skied all over the mountain, including some runs in Catherine's Area and the Back Forty trees.  It was quite cold, which eventually drove people off the runs and into the lodges, and he was able to have a good day, skiing until 2:30 p.m. and catching the 3:00 p.m. bus.  The bus was standing room only but traffic wasn't an issue (for a change).

Back Forty also looking good

We spent a very quiet New Year's Eve at home, in bed early and trying to ignore the fireworks going off in the neighborhood.  (Milton didn't seem to care about the fireworks so that was a big relief.)  Happy and healthy new year to you all!