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February 2011 Skiing Archive

First Few Tracks

ALTA, UT — Well, I finally got to ski today after last weekend's debacles. I woke up at the crack of dawn determined to get in at least one run of fresh tracks somewhere at Alta. My car was one of the first 10 or so in the parking lot, and, if I didn't have to wait for the demo shop to open, I could've put my skis in line (a custom Alta practice) ahead of everyone else.

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Night Skiing at Brighton

BRIGHTON, UT — After wasting another four hours of my life at a ski boot fitting shop, I decided to take my new boots up to the mountains to give them a few test runs.

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Comp Time!

SNOWBIRD, UT — After working over the weekend about a month ago, I received a much-deserved comp day off from work. I resolved to turn this Wednesday into an epic mid-week bluebird ski day at Snowbird, which had received 16 inches of fresh powder on Monday night.

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Awesome Ski Day

SNOWBIRD, UT — So many things were awesome about this ski day that it's hard to know where to begin. First of all, I got my stolen skis back, and I was skiing on them again for the first time. Secondly, there were pockets of terrific powder snow conditions to be found if you knew where to look. Finally, I skied better and more aggressively than I think I ever have. Everything clicked.

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