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From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
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Subject: Re: Notes on Utah
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 12:29:57 EST
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I've been meaning to do this and now that Sharon has gone ahead and
posted a review I'LINE give mine.  I was in Utah at about the same time
as Sharon (at least the weather conditions were identical).

Solitude and Brighton are an even better deal Monday through Thursday
when they have a $5 dollar lift ticket.  This is for one area only but
Solitude is certainly big enough to spend a day at.  I found excellent
early morning corn in a bowl facing due south, I spent most of the afternoon
in a high north facing bowl (even found some non-corn, non-ice snow).

Alta was a dream.  Maybe it's good that they didn't have any powder, I'd
hate to explain to my boss why I took a three week vacation instead of a 
long weekend.  I did find good snow on Supreme, the best I found anywhere,
but only in a few isolated patches.  The best part of Alta must be hiked to,
all the better by me since it holds down crowds.  Greely and East Greely
bowls had pretty good snow in them even with the warm weather.  I still
can't believe a $13 lift ticket for what I consisder the best ski area I've
ever skied.

Park City was disappointing.  Too much ice, too much slush.  Only a couple
of fun runs.  This place could be good with good snow, it does have potential.
Many, many of their runs face mostly north which means they stayed icy almost
all day.  With good snow this is desirable because it keeps the snow in good
shape.

At the risk of ruining a good thing I will recomend Salt Lake for skiing 
vacations.  Boy, is this place cheap!  I spent (through a little luck) $41
dollars on lift tickets for 4 days of skiing!  We stayed right in downtown
Salt Lake and ate in downtown restaurants.  We rented a car at the airport
and drove up to skiing every day (never more than 40 minutes).  For the
whole thing (4 nights and 4 days of skiing + car and airfare) I spent just 
over $350.  Obviously it would be even cheaper per day if you spread the 
airfare out over more days.

Later,
Peter B