UTAH SKI DAYS
BALD MOUNTAIN SUMMIT 11,942'
MY BIRTHDAY, MAY, 1988 OR SO. JUST GOT HOME FROM A VISIT TO TEXAS, & RAN INTO "DANGER" DAN MCCAN ON MAIN ST IN PARK CITY. HE WANTED TO GO SKI BALD MOUNTAIN. IT WAS ALREADY ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK, BUT DAN INSISTED IT WASN'T TOO LATE & IT WOULD BE AWESOME. HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT BOTH. TWO HOURS LATER DAN & ARROW & ME WERE STANDING ON THE SUMMIT. WE SKIED OFF THE MOUNTAIN IN 2 INCHES OF SLUSHY SPRING CORN.
IN THE BACKGROUND IS HAYDEN'S PEAK (12,480'). A YEAR EARLIER ON MY BIRTHDAY, I HAD SUMMITED & SKIED HAYDEN'S WITH DAN & TWO OTHER EQUALLY UNHINGED FRIENDS ON A PLANNED (BUT VERY POORLY) EXPEDITION. MOST OF THE COULIOR WE CLIMBED UP & SKIED BACK DOWN WAS AROUND 40 DEGREES & NEARLY 50 DEGREES FOR BRIEF PITCHES.
PUCKER FACTOR IN LEATHER BOOTS ON LONG SKINNY SKIS: ELEVEN
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