Other Ski Trips of 2010

Late January, we went to Mammoth for a 3 day weekend with Lisa and Joe and Rasila's brother Seton and his roommate Marilyn. We all drove up in my Explorer and stayed in Summit Condominiums. We got a condo in the building right next to the slopes. Saturday was snowing and kind of tough on Seton's roommate. She ended up tweaking her knee, and sat out Sunday, which ended up having fabulous weather!



The following weekend, we went to Salt Lake City to ski with Roger and Julia. Roger had been spending many weekends on the road for work, so we had little choice but to make a trip immediately after the trip to Mammoth. It ended up being decent, but Mammoth had better conditions than Alta, which is highly unusual. Rasila, unfortunately, broke her arm on the last run of the day. We had a fun experience at Urgent Care, then St. Marks Hospital, for a total of 6 hours in the medical system. Luckily, it was all covered by our insurance, but we have blown through our Flexible Spending account with in less than 6 months!



In late February, we went back to Mammoth with Lisa and Joe, and Lisa's friend, Dave and stayed at Snowcreek Condominiums. It was dumping as we arrived and a foot dropped easily as we unpacked. I cleared the walks and around my car before I went to sleep, but still woke up to a buried car. I cleared out my car, while Dave blasted out. Unfortunately, he encouraged others to do the same, including some guy in a Subaru Outback, who got really stuck. I spent the better part of an hour helping others out so I could make it to the slopes. It was fabulous conditions and I got a lot of steep in since Rasila was still recovering.



The last trip was on Memorial Day. We stayed at Summit again, even though Eagle Lodge was closed for the season. The was still 6-10 feet (2-3 m) of snow. It actually snowed the Thursday before, giving a nice 4 inch (10 cm) dust on crust. Rasila was fully covered and the conditions could not have been better. It was like March spring skiing, and we had a great time. It was just the 2 of us with Ziwi. On the way home, we visited the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains. It was so impressive, we vowed to come back and camp (which we did, but that's a later post).