Mountain Gear Tip #7

Before you get your gear going, you have to get to the mountain.  When 27 inches of new white delight falls and Little Cottonwood is closed, the powder hounds will flock to Big Cottonwood.  The roads people will close Big Cottonwood and you will sit in place for 45 agonizing minutes. 

 Solution:  Arrive at the parking lot at 8 a.m. BEFORE they close the road.
Highlight:  Enter Navarone gate just as the ski patrol removes the rope, UNTRACKED BLISS...