We parked at Creekside and started our day heading up Mid-Gad and eventually making our way over to Baby Thunder. Part way through the morning, we met up with some friends and Riley got to ski with his buddy Alex for a good part of the day. He was thrilled to have a friend to ski with instead of hanging out with me and Sis. Kendall was happy because she adores Alex's sister Katie and we got to have lunch with them.
Here are some pics and video of our day at Snowbird:
Lovely 'bluebird' day
Waiting for Sis
Love the view of the Salt Lake Valley from Snowbird
Mom and Sis on the 'flying sofas'
First reaction to Big Emma was "Whoo Hoo!!!!!"
Trying to keep up with Riley to snap a quick photo is next to impossible, especially with Kendall being the caboose
Waiting on me to put the camera away
My skiing duo
Looks like he's gonna ski right off the edge
Taking our only break in the day
Eating snow every chance she gets
Hope you didn't get sick watching via Riley's helmet camera. He took a nasty spill at the end of his video. Somehow he managed to slide backwards under a tree. The snow was as deep as he is tall and very soft deep powder. Poor kid had to take his skis off to climb out - then his ski fell back in and he had to go get it again and climb out. By that time, he was freaked out (because he went one way and Kendall and I went the other) and soaked with sweat. I took off my skis and went into the woods to find him and there he was, exhausted and emotionally spent. I almost fell in the hole too so it was no surprise he struggled. I was proud of him for doing the right thing and handling the situation as well as he did. He's a good little skier and has been taught well how to get himself out of tricky situations.
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