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First Day at Park City Mountain Resort

Since we were all lugging a lot of gear we took the free bus just outside the condo complex the few blocks to the base of the mountain. The base has a nice multi-level shopping/dining complex. We spent some time there doing some last minute shopping for supplies.

There was one lift right there so we quickly got on that and worked our way up to a nice high peak to avoid the slushy bottom. Unfortunately all the lifts were chair lifts, there are no gondolas at this resort. Not a problem since most of the chair lifts are the fast detachable 6 person ones.

It was going pretty well until we wanted to try a long easy run we saw on the trail map. It started out very narrow, even for the skiers. Then it got very flat which made it difficult for the snowboarders. The rest of the runs we went on were pretty decent.

Unfortunately Lily had new boots that were giving her a lot of trouble. We cut the day short and worked out way down to the lodge and did some shopping.
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Waiting for the bus with the mountain in the background.
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Group shot at the top. Notice Lily is already eating.
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Mark and Ling taking in the scenery.
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Mark eating his Cliff Bar for lunch.
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Beginning what turned out to be a narrow flat run. Yuck!
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Lily wipes out.
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Lily passing by.
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Had to stop and take in the view.
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Lily had major problems with her boots hurting her feet.
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Mark took this great shot of the Broadway run.
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The salesman who sold Lily new pair of boots and bindings.
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The following video clip is very short and contains a little of Ling skiing and Lily falling on her snowboard. Not very interesting.
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Second Day on Park City Mountain

We were psyched about returning to Park City Mountain on our last day in Park City. The area received a lot of snow the previous day so we were looking forward to excellent conditions. We were mostly satisfied. As the girls where tired and injured they stayed home.

Under the new snow there was still ice from the big freeze the previous day. However there were quite a few runs where we could find some decent powder to try out. After we had a good time on those runs we found a nice run with decent packed powder. We goofed off and practiced wheelies and worked on our technique. For a few runs Mark and I swapped snowboards. I like this board because it had Flow bindings which are very supportive without the pressure points of my old style strap bindings.

Since we were freezing, especially near the top where the wind was howling, we cut the day a little short. We still had a great time.
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The guys ready for another day on the mountain.
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Spiderman on a run.
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A little bit of powder still on this run.
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Rare shot of me.
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Looking good!
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Doh!
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Spiderman trying out my snowboard.
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Rare shot of me in the middle of a wipe-out.
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