Some Dallasites from the community and myself took a break from our topographically challenged city and went to Park City, Utah. It is the town known for the Sundance film festival... though our pursuits were much more admirable than sitting in a dark room all day. Instead, we hit the slopes!
Our alpine home away from home was The Silverado Lodge at Canyons Resort and our suite had a spectacular view of the mountain and was all around a lovely place to stay. A storm came in Thursday, our second night, and stayed over the weekend showering nearly an inch of powder every two hours or so. The slopes were wonderful, and it was like gliding on a white puffy cloud. So much snow came down that they would occasionally shut down the chairlifts and dynamite the mountain to do avalanche control. It is similar to wildfire control (light small, controlled wildfires so that you don't have one big one).
We had a wonderful time avoiding the use of electronics on Saturday which proved tricky at times, but other humans are of course the best source of entertainment and camaraderie.
