Alta says that the midweek storm that made temperatures plummet in northern Utah (wreaking real havoc on local farmers' fruit trees) brought them up to 301" snowfall on the year. I have to say I'm a little skeptical that they may be rounding up: when you're 200 inches below the "average" you may be tempted to fudge the numbers for marketing purposes.
The ski bus is done for the year so H didn't have to get up at the crack of early to catch it, with his book and his thermos of coffee. Pluswhich, on Saturday it was still cold and when he did drive into the Wildcat base parking lot, it was only 19F. That makes for challenging spring skiing as you gotta wait for things to warm up and soften up. There was plenty of parking when H pulled in around 9 but the lot was full when he left at 12:30; apparently Alta is offering $50 off a day ticket if you have a season pass from another local mountain. Most of which have already closed.
Sunday was a better day, starting out warmer and thus softer. It was definitely less busy, though, as H mostly rode the chairlift alone and never once had a full (four people) chair. There's one more week to go, with closing next weekend. Alta will be lucky to make it.
Down in the valley: A and M did their five mile Dimple Dell walks; A weeded for two hours each of Saturday and Sunday (barely making a dent ugh); there were errands to Ocean Mart and Costco; baking margarita cupcakes (lime and tequila); and trying new recipes (tacos with Urban Pepper Project taco seasoning, Indonesian tofu scramble and Singaporean flat rice noodle stirfry).
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