This past weekend, the guys from West Bloomfield met up for our annual ski trip to Utah. While there was initially more enthusiasm from the bunch, in the end several people weren’t able to make it. Thus, the team was Steve, Scott, Herb and me. We stayed at our usual town house just outside of Park City. The entire trip was planned around the Sunday brunch buffet at The Stein Eriksen Lodge at Deer Valley. We committed to also ski there on Friday, leaving Saturday open to ski somewhere different.
After receiving some fresh snow at Deer Valley, it wasn’t that compelling to go try the Canyons again. Because we have never skied consecutive days at Deer Valley before, we hadn’t taken advantage of the complimentary ski storage (nor even noticed it). However, once it was discovered, that sealed the deal for skiing there all weekend as we saved ourselves the trouble of carrying our crap back and forth.
Another new development was our Saturday brunch buffet at the Montage, which was beautiful. Scott still stands by the famous Deer Valley turkey chili, which we ate on Friday. We also enjoyed some great dinners at some new restaurants in Park City.
It snowed even more on Saturday so Sunday morning we were out early for first tracks. It was probably the best conditions I’ve had all season and was a lot of fun. We all had afternoon flights so we headed out right after lunch.
Although the team was small this year, it was a perfect four for all the chair lifts and we were able to enjoy catching up. Hopefully next year we’ll be back to full force. Discussions have started for an epic trip to celebrate our half centuries, which is now in sight. We’re still negotiating skiing or golf. I’m up for both!
