Photo by Tom Kelly
Remember the days where you skied from first lift to close? Your legs would be burning and your mind racing. Being truly blessed as locals with two world-class resorts at our ski tips, it’s a little easier these days.
When I was working, I would take lunch breaks running laps on Mountaineer Express for an hour, then head back to the office. Today, I have a bit more luxury to explore the mountain. So, with a bit of flexibility, I wondered just how much mountain I could cover in a short “lunch hour” outing.
I carried my skis to the Jordanelle Express Monday morning, walking right into a gondola cabin. It was a far cry from the maddening scene on a Saturday powder morning just 48 hours earlier. Whisking up the mountainside towards Little Baldy Peak, I gazed out at the Deer Crest homes and thought back to mountain biking the original Spin Cycle 30 years ago.