cleared out

H went up to ski for a couple hours on Sunday.  It was looking pretty chilly so he didn't get on the bus until 9:30 a.m. or so; this proved to be a mistake as the bus was standing room only at that point, plus they were all stuck in traffic for over an hour.  At 10:15, a cop showed up to escort the bus ahead of the line of waiting cars, getting them from the intersection of Wasatch Boulevard to the base of the canyon road.  Even at 11:20 a.m., the Collins lift lines were out past the end of the corral, despite the Alta ski patrol having done a heroic job of opening all terrain but East Castle and Baldy.

Look at that sky!

Skiers were out in hordes and at 1:30 p.m., UDOT had to close the Little Cottonwood Canyon road to uphill traffic.  Both Alta and Snowbird's parking lots had long since filled and the traffic congestion on the road - still overwhelmed by avalanche debris - was gnarly.

Whether it was the cold, the crowds or the fact that the snow was heavy and dense (i.e., not ideal Utah conditions), H wasn't feeling it and skied out for the 2:30 p.m. bus.  It wasn't the longest or the best ski day, but he did get out there under those gorgeous post-storm bluebird skies.