Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. I am so excited for the snow. I moved from Arizona to Utah for the snow. I love to ski and snowboard and it is a way of life for my family and I. My dad raced mogul downhill skiing and two of my uncles raced G.S. and were ski instructors. Most all of my family skis and it has been a family tradition for a long time.
This winter has been so good! Utah has been at some level of a drought for a while now and I am so happy to see a change this year. I hear so many people talk about how Utah needs more snow, but now that we are actually getting it people complain about living in it. I guess it is a double edged sword. All I have to say is you won’t hear me complaining. This is what I came here for and I am happy. Growing up in Arizona, we never saw snow where I lived. There was one time where they said it snowed in Scottsdale, where I lived, but it was more like a 4 minute light hail. I remember the “cold” days there when the news would warn people about once a year that it may get below freezing at night so people had to cover their flowers to protect them. Now that I live here in Utah, I still get as excited as a little kid on Christmas day, when it snows.
This week is a great week because it is the annual Weekes challenge. Once a year all of the good skiers in my family get together at Snowbird and have a family ski day where everyone pushes it to the max showing off their best talent as our herd skis down the hills. It is such a big deal with my family that all the non-locals fly in from out of state to participate in the activities. My uncle Brent comes from Phoenix. My uncle Jim, aunt Nancy, and cousin Lindsey come from Colorado. We will have about 10-15 people showing up together for our day of fun in the snow.
We have many very good skiers in the family, but I started a revolution of uprising snowboarders. I was the first one in the family to try out that sport, and though some will not try it, about half of us have given it a shot. I am the type of person that does not like to limit my options. If it sound half way reasonable (and sometimes not reasonable at all) I will probably try it out at least once.I will try to post some cool pics from the Snowbird day so check back