Snowbird & Mammoth Spring Skiing, National Park Photography, Road Trips, Camping And Reviews
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Share Today mother nature delivered BIG TIME. It took two tries to get up the canyon road. Driving up the road around 10am, the road wasn’t very snow covered at the bottom and there wasn’t much snow down in Sandy at the base of the canyon. It didn’t take long for the roads to get [...]
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Share As the wind picked up last night (April 27th) and gusts of up to 60 miles an hour ripped through the canyon, the snow began to fall. The end of April is a bit late in the season to expect a powder day but mother nature was feeling generous and delivered a nice storm [...]
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Share In 2011, the PSIA National Academy will take the form of the PSIA -AASI 50/50 bash to celebrate the achievements of all sorts of snow sports instructors over the last FIFTY years! The event will take the place of the 2011 PSIA National Academy traditionally held at Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah. Registration is [...]
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Share Following an absolutely beautiful day on the slopes at Snowbird yesterday, today was mixed. Warm temps, cooler wind gusts of up to ~50 mph, clouds, flat light, mostly the really high wind gusts lead Snowbird to shut down all lifts by about 2:45pm. The high winds are likely to be a precursor to what [...]
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Share Today, April 26th, 2010 was a great day at Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah! Despite some early lift closures for the season, there is still plenty of snow at Snowbird ski resort. The Gadzoom lift was the latest casualty of the recession or simply Snowbird’s decision to cut back the number of lifts in [...]
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Share There comes a time in life when we question where we are going, what we are doing and begin to wonder if maybe there is more to life than the daily grind. You’ve probably got a passion or two that you would love to dedicate more time to, maybe something you are really good [...]
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Share Yesterday the plan was to go to Alta to ski. When you get a Snowbird pass, then you can get an Alta day pass for $32.00 but in order to make it worth it to actually pay for a day ski pass you need to get there early, particularly if you already have a [...]
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Share Following the first day of the 2010 PSIA National Academy when everyone checked in and the opening banquet was held, day 2 kicked off the skiing! Each year they have stretching and yoga type activities a 5:30 am or so for the early risers to get the blood flowing, followed by a spectacular breakfast [...]
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Share Each day at the PSIA National Academy is made up of a morning session and an afternoon session. The morning session is spent with the same clinic leader (Doug) this year for our group. Then, in the afternoon there are a number of different specialty sessions to chose from that can range anywhere from [...]
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Share It’s party time! It’s hard to believe it has been another full year since the 2009 PSIA National Academy out in Snowbird, Utah and the 2010 version has started. This is my 3rd trip to the PSIA National Academy, which is simply one of (if not THE best) skiing and teaching event of the [...]
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