Picto Diary - 01 to 10 December 2024 - Back on Skis

Above: Drums. Denton, TX. 01 December 2024.
Channeling Texas.

Above: Ivins, UT. 02 December 2024.
7:00 AM and no sailors about.

Above: I-70 EB. Sevier County, UT. 02 December 2024.
Out and about in the Sprinter.

Above: Little Stick ski run. Deer Valley, UT. 03 December 2024.
1-6-6
Anxious first day at seventy-nine years of age. As one grows older, one wonders if the muscle memory will return, if the stamina is there and the balance is functioning. I start today with but six runs and plan to work my way up by one more run each day until fifteen or sixteen runs at which point I'll ski most days at that level. With fifteen runs and a twenty-minute mid AM break, starting at 9:00 AM, I'm handing in my skis at the locker t 11:30 AM. Today was a good start. I skied easy runs and stayed upright during the entire effort.

Above: Homeward Bound Ski Run. Deer Valey, UT. 04 December 2024.
2- 8-14
"Cake emotes with south central Wasatch as a backdrop.
DV, as usual, has done a great job producing, early season, some 25 skiable runs served by eight lifts with mostly manufactured snow. Not much snow is in the forecast, but so far, this seems to be a normal year, well within, parameters I've witnessed in over twenty-five years of skiing here. The two last years were abnormal on the upside with 550 inches of snow two seasons ago and 400 inches of snow last year. Normal for Deer Valley is 350 inches of snow.

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 05 December 2024.
3-9-23
Heber Valley from Homeward Bound ski run.

Above: Stein Eriksen Lodge. Deer Valley, UT. 06 December 2024.
4 10 33
Bishop, 'Cake, and PGA at break.

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 07 December 2024.
5 11 44
Longhorn and PGA check out soon to be open new access run to new Mayflower resort base. Image looks WNW.

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 08 December 2024.
6-12-52
Success ski run. Image looks WNW. St. Regis Hotel at center right in image.

Above: Deer Valley, UT, 09 December 2024.
7-13-64
Exit tunnel leading to Snow Park Lodge parking lot.

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 10 December 2024.
08-14-78
Image, from Homeward Bound, notable for clouds hovering 'neath the south-central Wasatch peaks. Image looks SSW.

Addendum:

OJR

Beautiful Family! Thanks for the pics.

Tony,
Park City, UT

Merry Christmas! You are so right about this!
Kate and Ken
Salt Lake City, UT

Great photos of a great family!
The Monk,
Salina, UT

Belated Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

It’s great to see picture of a beautiful and bonding family, all together in one frame.

Mohan,
Gurgaon, Haryana

Beautiful Family & photo ~ amazing how grown up everyone is 🌺
SpaGo,
Marina del Rey, CA