3400 miles, 17 ski days, 9 resorts.
The idea started at the end of last season when my brother announced that he is retiring in February and that his wife has given the ok for a "go ahead, get-it-out-of-your-system" ski trip.
We pondered the options and we both liked the idea of a low-budget road trip, driving about the mountains of the west, taking in as many resorts as we can, finding budget lodging, brown bag lunches in the parking lot, etc. The Mountain Collective pass immediately came to mind - a great value, offering 2 days at each of a respectable list of western resorts, with a bonus 3rd day at the resort of our choice.
I went to work and mapped out some tentative options, eventually settling on one that involved 17 ski days. We secured the MC passes and I began booking accommodations.
My plan was to blog the trip in real-time as we traveled. But... I'm lazy and disorganized! In any case, here is my story of our adventure, after the fact. Apologies for not making a better effort to meet-up with other Ski Talkers. All the advance planning involved, it did not translate to the actual skiing... we ended up just taking it as it came.
Rob flew out to Phoenix from his home in Ohio and we hit the road February 23 for the ~11 hour drive to Salt Lake City.
Wasatch waiting...
The idea started at the end of last season when my brother announced that he is retiring in February and that his wife has given the ok for a "go ahead, get-it-out-of-your-system" ski trip.
We pondered the options and we both liked the idea of a low-budget road trip, driving about the mountains of the west, taking in as many resorts as we can, finding budget lodging, brown bag lunches in the parking lot, etc. The Mountain Collective pass immediately came to mind - a great value, offering 2 days at each of a respectable list of western resorts, with a bonus 3rd day at the resort of our choice.
I went to work and mapped out some tentative options, eventually settling on one that involved 17 ski days. We secured the MC passes and I began booking accommodations.
My plan was to blog the trip in real-time as we traveled. But... I'm lazy and disorganized! In any case, here is my story of our adventure, after the fact. Apologies for not making a better effort to meet-up with other Ski Talkers. All the advance planning involved, it did not translate to the actual skiing... we ended up just taking it as it came.
Rob flew out to Phoenix from his home in Ohio and we hit the road February 23 for the ~11 hour drive to Salt Lake City.
Wasatch waiting...