Last remnant of winter

In every ski resort that can't boast having glaciers, there is a point when the last visible patch of snow finally melts. Jupiter Peak and its 9,998 feet dominates Park City and there always seem to be a tiny bit of snow that shows as late as the season permits.

After the thin snow-cover we got this winter, the patch is tiny today and is in fact about the exact same size it was twenty-seven years ago when I shot a video of the first house we'd end up buying in Park City. What a difference with one year ago!

The 84-85 snow season had been a good one though; I remember skiers still making it down to the resort base on May 1st, when we visited the place as we were house-hunting. The spring season must have been very, very warm that year!