Written Wednesday February 01, 2006

a roaming camera in Sun Valley 02-01-2006

Tags: 3 month trip Sun Valley Idaho

All I can say is Sun Valley was fantastic. I will recommend it to any and everyone.

For Sunday and Monday I stayed at the Lift Tower Lodge. A very mediocore dive of a hotel. On Tues and Wed I stayed with Keith.

Monday: It snowed all day. A little windy and foggy up top but down on Seattle Ridge and Cold Springs the visibility and the snow was great. My first impression of Sun Valley. Way, way, way over the top. Do you really need the dividers between the urinals to be granite? My favorite moment has to have been ordering a French Dip sandwich up at the Seattle Lodge. The French Dip sandwich is constructed by a nice chef carving prime rib at the Carving Station. 3 nice pieces thrown on a bun. Gotta love it.

Tuesday: Keith suggests that we go and do some backcountry. We decided to go to Durance(I think this spelling is correct). A 3000+ ft peak right off RT 75 north of Ketchum. There were a few people there with us, but we did get 2nd tracks down the bowl back to the car. Here is Keith, myself and one of my favorite self portraits (and another). Sadly, we got some high clouds and thus no great photos, but here is a one down the valley back towards Ketchum (notice Sun Valley’s Bald Mnt on the right) and another looking into the Sawtooths. We got a great ski back down to the car. It was heavy snow, but it had a nice even pitch which even I could get some good tele turns in.

Wednesday: Today dawned blue bird blue. Keith and I snowboarded. It was a great day. Keith showed me all his favorite spots, including a number of great runs in the bowls. I took some great photos of the incredible views off the top of Bald Mnt. I took more incredible photos of the Seattle Ridge Lodge. I took even more video of Keith jumping off a cornice and boarding down untouched powder slopes. At 4:15 we returned to the lodge. Keith bought some beers. We took a few sips, listened to the cowboy play the guitar, harmonica and sing. Keith suggested we look at the video. This is where my luck has run out. I accidentially left the zipper open in my jacket. The camera liberated itself and is now running free somewhere on Bald Mnt. If found. please send me a message.