1st Ski tour of season

Well I'm sitting in Blue Star Cafe sipping on coffee recovering from being shitfaced all day yesterday riding with friends at Solitude and taking a short break from 6 days in a row. Going to make turns today on my new sticks after my caffeine fix. This past Monday I decided to go skin up Deer Valley instead of riding chairs. To accompany me I brought the dags. Started at Empire base and skinned up to the top of the Empire chair. As the sun blazed down on the snow it softened up and making turns was quite enjoyable for the three us. I wasn't able to get low enough for face shots but the dogs were choking on snow the whole way down. yep I was jealous and made them sit in the back seat on the way home.

Empire Peak

I wish I could be as fast as Izzie and Hanky on the uptracks

Top lift shack on Empire Mtn

Most efficient way up from the lodge was to use Orion trail to summit Empire Mtn.