Day 7 Brighton, Utah
It’s the last day of riding so we headed back to Brighton. The snow there was so good on Day 3 and there was another storm coming bringing 4-6″. Early in the morning it started snowing and the conditions were getting better. Mekenzie and I decided to do some out of bounds riding on the Great Western Chair. I got a little carried away while doing some filming and missed the one track that went back to the mountain. When I noticed where I was it was too late so I had to keep going down and left. I finally ended up in someones back yard in waist deep snow. After digging myself out, hiking through their yard and finding the street I made my way back to the resort via the main road into the mountain. That was my adventure for the day.
We ended the day at Molly Greens, the local restaurant/bar on the mountain. We devoured their massive plate of nachos and had the post riding PBR.
This trip was incredibly fun, four different mountains, amazing snow and great friends. Can’t wait for the next trip.
Chili/Agrentina…
Solitude Resort is located in Big Cottonwood Canyon just before you get to Brighton. Honeycomb Canyon is the best area on the mountain with over 400 acres of trees, steeps, chutes and wide-open jaw-dropping views, this in-bounds off-piste experience is the answer to your dreams come true.
Last night we decided to head out with Anthony in Salt Lake City. I wasn’t feeling well so I was the driver, but everyone else got torn up. Needless to say there were a few hangovers in the house so it became a chill day.
Snowbasin is located about one hour North of Snowbird, Alta, Brighton and Solitude. It seems to be a skier mountain but there was tons of natural s-pipes to ride, great trees, and some good cliff areas to hike to. Once the skiers came out the groomers were turned to crap, but still quite fun because of the Utah snow.
After the amazing day at Snowbird we decided to go to Brighton because it’s a great snowboarder mountain and there was going to be tons of fresh pow left from the day before. We headed out, got to Brighton and started on some of the best groomers I have ever been on. There were just buttery smooth and the snow couldn’t have been any better. Once we got some speed out of our system we ventured into the pow and found a perfect pillow drop cliff jump and some deep tree runs. Brighton is SICK!
EPIC!!! That is the best way to describe Snowbird after a 24″ dump. We got to the mountain at 8:30 and were the second chair up Peruvian Express. That section of the mountain didn’t open the day before because they couldn’t keep up with the snowfall so needless to say it was perfect. Waist deep powder and above in some places all day long was super tiring but man was it worth it. Late in the day Mineral Basin opened which is on the back of the mountain and this was so sick I can’t even describe it. Cliff drops with 3+ feet of pow to land in made it perfect to just huck yourself off and see what happens.
This is the first post of my snowboarding trip to Utah with Mekenzie Cox, John Yamashita and Pat Caine. We left Richmond today knowing that when we arrived it would already be snowing. We weren’t disappointed. When we arrived the mountains had already gotten 18″ and were calling for another 2 to 3 feet by morning. So we just chilled and got ready for our early start for Day 2 at Snowbird.