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Skied Main Chute with Mark Deaver

ALTA, UT; SNOWBIRD, UT — Mark Deaver came to Salt Lake City this week to visit. He and I went skiing today at Snowbird. The conditions were excellent, the weather was nearly perfect, Snowbird was hosting the US Freeskiing Nationals on Silver Fox, and we even ran into Steve Wiechmann in the middle of the morning. We skied all over the mountain today--including Mount Baldy's Main Chute.

On a mid-afternoon tram ride up, I noticed a lot of people hiking up to ski lines off the High Baldy Traverse. There were even some people on the summit, which indicated to me that Main Chute was open. Since I hadn't yet skied off the High Baldy Traverse, and because tomorrow's US Freeskiing event competition would take place on North Baldy, I thought it would be cool to hike up and ski North Baldy.

On the hike up the ridge, however, I decided that we should take the opportunity to hike all the way to the summit and ski Mount Baldy's Main Chute. It would definitely be a more memorable experience for Mark than just skiing North Baldy.

(more coming soon)

I've listed Mark's photos below:
- Hiking up the ridge to Mount Baldy
- Hiking up the ridge to Mount Baldy
- Mark on Mount Baldy's summit with Little Cottonwood Canyon and the Salt Lake Valley in the background
- Mount Baldy's Main Chute from the top
- Mark at the top of Mount Baldy's Main Chute
- Mark in Main Chute
- Me skiing Main Chute
- Me skiing Main Chute
- Me skiing Main Chute with Alta Ski Area below

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★