Earning my Pass

The week was a blur, Instructing 7 days in a row at Deer Valley. An average of 8 kids a day in the Intermediate level, and pulling in $270 in tips for the week. Snow was ok, any chance I could get I was in the powder.
8. Deer Valley*CH 12/27/09 (6) $0
9. Deer Valley*CH 12/28/09 (6) $60
10. Deer Valley*CH 12/29/09 (6) $60
11. Deer Valley*CH 12/30/09 (6) $40
12. Deer Valley*CH 12/31/09 (6) $40

Weak 4"

I had some free time and didn't feel like just sitting around at school so I found myself up at Deer Valley. They had just received some new snow. I think the valleys got more snow then up here. I was good enough to make everything soft again. Empire was opened so I skied some runs in the trees. I took one spill from a hidden rock. Ouch nasty gash in my skis. Need more snow.
7. Deer Valley (2)

Up in the Air

Hitting the slopes hard for the amount of time I have. Pow in trees. Found some rollers and jumps to get in the air and get use to it. Just enough powder to land some jumps and drops.
6. Alta (1.5)

Powder Puffs

Great day to break off from school and hit the slopes of DV. Snow was still good. Skied off in trees to get some powder. Hitting a few jumps and drops into powder. Great skiing but need more snow to cover some of the twigs and rocks.
5. Deer Valley (3)m

Warm up Run

Up to Alta for Maximus first time on ski for the season. Conditions were nice for a warm up run. Maximus just was just trying to get into it again. He did alright, playing the crash into me game. Some soft snow on the sides of the runs.
4. Alta (.5)m

Cold Battery

Rode up the chair 4 times. Cold in the temperatures in teens but a bit more bearable with some new snow. On the outskirts skied some fresh powder. A bit sketchy hitting some rocks under the snow. Made some good powder turns. The cold temperature killed my camera battery so I was cut short on footage.
3. Alta (1)

Frozen

What was I thinking? It was so cold up at Alta. Temperatures in the low teens. By the third time down my cheeks were numb and felt like frost bite was setting in. Not much snow. It was a ghost town with very few cars in the parking lot.
2. Alta (1)