SNOWBIRD'S BEAUTY

THESE PICTURES ARE FROM THE SNOWBIRD.COM WEBSITE

• WINTER

I know we've already seen winter pictures I've taken,
but I haven't had time to walk around and take pictures
so here are a few awesome ones, I'll try to get out there
in the next week but in the last 26 days we've recieved 137
in. of snow, its unreal.


the plaza deck

our paths on the resort

peruvian tunnel: were the first resort in North
America to have a ski tunnel. This takes you to
the back side of the mountian to ride on more acres



snow safety dog loving the tram ride

AWESOME

sunrise view from Hidden Peak (11,000 ft)

view of "the salt lake valley" at night



looking down the canyon

• SUMMERTIME

I cannot wait for the summertime at the "Bird". I have only seen how beautiful this place is through pictures like these and I'm excited to get up to work early everyday and go for a hike, ride my bike down the mountain, ride the zip line or go searching for my moose friends.
Click on this link for a list of activities you can do at Snowbird during the summer months: http://www.snowbird.com/events/summeractivities.html


view from hidden peak (11,000 elev.)



porcupine crossing the creek

here he is again

MOOSE!! This is what I'm most looking forward to
seeing. We have a mom and her baby that are there
a lot, and the male comes around often as well.
In the winter they head further down the mtn into
the Heber Valley.





The Tram still runs in the summer to Hidden Peak.
You can hike down or bike down, or just take in
the view from 11,000 feet and ride it back down


hiking


ever seen a marmot before? I have on our cameras
on the mtn, hope to see one in person this summer


fishing pond


the creek full of snow melt

MY DRIVE TO WORK ON A SUNNY DAY

Today was the first day in over a month the sun was shining both in the valley and at work. So i decided to drive up a little early, stop by White Pine and show everyone the chute, and try to give you an idea of how much snow is there. Its waist deep in places untouched and when the sun hits the untouched powder it literally twinkles like crystal. Its amazing....I hope to get some shots of work this week

• THE DRIVE
  

DOWNTOWN IN THE HAZE

WASATCH MTNS

MOUTH OF THE CANYON

THIS SIGN UPDATES RESTRICTIONS-TODAY IS A RARE DAY,
WHERE THE CANYON ISNT RESTRICTED TO 4WD/CHAINS!!

• THE CANYON

these signs are all up the canyon, scary reminder that any
moment a wall of snow can hit the road

this is little pine chute that fell last week, can ya tell?

better angle


yes and I'm going to sit in the middle of this chute in a moment!!
Dont worry avalanche danger is low today and I wasn't up on the
mtn where I could trigger anything.....and I can run fast

• WHITE PINE I love this place and since it was the first sunny day since I can remember I stopped for a few minutes to check it out covered in snow ( check Fall Time in Utahl section). The trail was actually packed down from the snowshoers and cross country skiers, however if you barely go off the trail you sink down knee-waist deep in untouched Utah powder. Its a little changed from the signs, to the bridge and even the chute looked incredibly scary covered in snow. I think I might have to check the trail out our next sunny day and hike in a little further.
  

here is the info sign, normally standing 6 feet tall but today is only
a few inches. I'm sitting on my butt to take this picture-click to
enlarge it you can read the sign

again this sign is maybe 6 feet and today i can just walk right over it

restrooms with 4 feet of snow sitting on top and buried

icecycles on trees melting in the sun, its 33 degrees....
heat wave

the bridge to cross the creek, literally full with
snow so now is just a trail and looks like.....

...this, only about 4 inches of the bridge show

on the bridge looking up stream

downstream looking toward little pine chute, I tracked out to get
here snow was thigh deep


and here we are looking straight up the chute, notice
the broken trees? Snapped like little toothpicks...
I must say I was shacking standing there

I've turned to my left from the above pictures, again more trees
tossed, bent and broken

and now I'm looking down. The avalanches just clear cut the trees away


this is the best picture I could take to get a handle on how the snow
twinkles. You can see if looks like a blanket of feathers.
click on it to enlarge it!!