So close... Snowbird!

Living in Park City is wonderful; not only do we have a vibrant community at our fingertips, great outdoors and wonderful skiing from November to mid-April, but also have the chance to have Snowbird almost in our own backyard. Yeah, I know, it takes 45 good minutes to drive there when the roads are dry, even though it's only 9.5 miles away as the crow flies, but it provides us with wonderful late spring and early summer skiing that few places on earth can afford.

It reminds me of Les Grands Montets, near Chamonix, during the good old days, when the place would stay open long after the local ski areas had shut down for the season. Snowbird is that kind of locale, frequented by the die-hard skiers, who only seem to care just about how wide their skis are, how fast they can ride them into gnarly spots and how late they'll be able to extend the thrill in the summer. A different race of people, but probably the quintessential skiers...