Day 3

On day three my dad and I woke up at about six o’clock and went downstairs like yesterday and did all the same stuff. But there was one thing about today that was totally different than yesterday: we were going to an entirely different resort. Instead of switching over to Alta we decided to stay in Snowbird today. We geared up and headed out and decided to test some slightly familiar runs out. We rode up the lift that could take us to the other side of the Tram ridge (a tram is a big gondola capable of many more people than a gondola and it goes 30 mph!) to get over to the Gadzoom lift. Once at the top of that we recognized a run that we had done last year: The Black Forest. This run was not all that steep until the very end where it turned super steep. This my-kind-of run took us right down to the real deal, Gad 2. We took Gad 2 up and did it through the afternoon when we finally got tired. If you’re wondering the skill level of this lift you could multiply Black Forest by two and get the runs it serviced. When we got back to the hotel dad went off to the hottub and I stayed and  relaxed on the room and went to the arcade. I ordered room service again and watched the Lakers vs. Knicks game and the Knicks with Jeremy Lin won, I also did some homework. It had been a good ski day and I was tired.

Day 4

When I woke up I couldn’t believe that it was my last ski day until March. You know what they say: “Time flies when you’re havin’ fun!” Today we decided to mix it up today. We did our regular routine in the morning except we had to pack up our bags because the night before was our last night in the hotel. We were going to go and see a friend that lives in Salt Lake City. When we got to the slopes we went through the tunnel and did three runs on the backside, even though it was icy, because they hadn’t opened the Alta transfer lift yet. We did the Wildcat lift in the morning (see days 1 and 2) but the snow wasn’t nearly as good as the first time on day two. Because it was only noon we decided to take the black that transfers back to Snowbird rather than take a bus back. That was a little iffy because what happened was it had gotten so warm the day before it had melted in to super soft powder and then gotten hard at night because it froze again. When we got to the run it was like drying concrete, hard on top but thick and hard to turn in once you pierced the hard stuff. I did a full somersault and got a bunch of snow in my jacket. When we finally got back to Snowbird we took the Tram up and skied of a amazingly steep and rocky cliff, just a little scary. We met up with our friend named Ed and did a much harder version of what we did which at one point was impossible to ski. Well not impossible if you’re a former Swiss national ski team member who was accompanying us. We finally got over to Gad 2 but it was already about 2:30 so we only did a few runs there. When we got back to the hotel I did a few last arcade games and bought a few gifts for my mom and brother. When we got to Carl, our friend’s, place we joined his family in a game of Monopoly and played with there maltese-chihuahua cross named Caleb who whined for a solid hour when bed hour came. He clearly did not want to be locked up for the night. I was so beat, I read for awhile and then went to sleep. Tomorrow was going to be a big traveling day.

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