Thanks to the fantastic advice I received in this thread (https://www.pugski.com/threads/questions-about-1-night-near-salt-lake-city.13060/)
...I’m making my first trip to Alta/Snowbird this weekend! Very excited.
I’ll be taking the Alta Shuttle up to Goldminer’s Daughter on Friday night. Traveling solo. I’m definitely skiing all day Saturday, and that’s where things get interesting.
My flight is currently scheduled for Saturday night. BUT, I recently learned that with some added costs and serious shuffling of my personal life on Sunday, I could reschedule my flight to Sunday evening and book a second night at GMD. This would allow for a 9 AM to 2 PM Sunday ski day, before I have to report back to Gold Miner’s Daughter to gather my belongings and find the shuttle for the airport.
I see a few options here:
A) keep arrangement as is. Enjoy 1 day at Alta, save my $$$ and keep my real life simple, and plan to come back another day in the distant future.
B) Make the change. Ski Alta all day Saturday and 3/4 of the day Sunday too.
C) Split my time. Ski Alta Saturday, and ski Snowbird 3/4 of the day Sunday? Would have to ski back to GMD from Snowbird or take a bus I assume, which may eat into the skiing time.
D) Reverse the plan. Ski Snowbird on Saturday, and Alta 3/4 the day Sunday. Pro here being that I’d stay nearer to my shuttle pickup on Sunday.
Snowbird looks awesome to me. But I’ve heard it can be a madhouse on weekends, especially Saturday powder days. That said, there’s only a modest storm forecasted for Thurs/Fri, and the weekend is otherwise dry and sunny.
I’m definitely overthinking this, so would appreciate any input.
UPDATE: Trip report on page 2.
...I’m making my first trip to Alta/Snowbird this weekend! Very excited.
I’ll be taking the Alta Shuttle up to Goldminer’s Daughter on Friday night. Traveling solo. I’m definitely skiing all day Saturday, and that’s where things get interesting.
My flight is currently scheduled for Saturday night. BUT, I recently learned that with some added costs and serious shuffling of my personal life on Sunday, I could reschedule my flight to Sunday evening and book a second night at GMD. This would allow for a 9 AM to 2 PM Sunday ski day, before I have to report back to Gold Miner’s Daughter to gather my belongings and find the shuttle for the airport.
I see a few options here:
A) keep arrangement as is. Enjoy 1 day at Alta, save my $$$ and keep my real life simple, and plan to come back another day in the distant future.
B) Make the change. Ski Alta all day Saturday and 3/4 of the day Sunday too.
C) Split my time. Ski Alta Saturday, and ski Snowbird 3/4 of the day Sunday? Would have to ski back to GMD from Snowbird or take a bus I assume, which may eat into the skiing time.
D) Reverse the plan. Ski Snowbird on Saturday, and Alta 3/4 the day Sunday. Pro here being that I’d stay nearer to my shuttle pickup on Sunday.
Snowbird looks awesome to me. But I’ve heard it can be a madhouse on weekends, especially Saturday powder days. That said, there’s only a modest storm forecasted for Thurs/Fri, and the weekend is otherwise dry and sunny.
I’m definitely overthinking this, so would appreciate any input.
UPDATE: Trip report on page 2.
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