Stuck On The Mountain

[Photo-John]

I went up to Alta to ski yesterday. I decided the snow was getting too baked and tracked out at about noon and decided to head down. It was then that I discovered the canyon was closed due to avalanche activity above the road. I was stuck at Alta. And not during a storm, like I always dream about

But I did have a camera - the Fujifilm X10. So I spent the afternoon exploring some of the little nooks and crannies of Alta. And taking pictures. It wasn't a bad way to spend an afternoon - mellow skiing on a warm day, in a beautiful place with a very nice camera.

[Photo-John]

It was warm. But it wasn't *warm* warm. I noted 34 Fahrenheit up here at the top in the afternoon. That's still not warm enough for this kind of Alta employee silliness.

[Photo-John]

I never get tired of this view - looking north across Little Cottonwood Canyon from the top of Alta's Collins lift.

[Photo-John]

This is the crowd at Gold Miner's Daughter, at the base of the mountain, waiting for the traffic in the canyon to clear. It was quite a party, with the warm weather and everyone stuck. The beer line inside was pretty impressive. I didn't actually start my car to head down until about 7 PM but in the end, I had a pretty fine day and I'm really happy with all the photos

[dana m.]

Some very impressive photos with this camera John...I think I need to go read about it.

[armando_m]

A camera will always help get the time go faster

great images, I really like the one is post #3

[mattb]

I've gotten stuck at Crested Butte during a big storm. Good skiing, but not all of the lifts were running so it was somewhat limited. Looks like you didn't have too bad of a time with it! Pics look good!