Park City-ish, March 2008

[KarenD]

I finished up my season with a week in Utah. It started with emotional trauma in Salt Lake City when my SporTube didn't show up with the rest of our luggage. When we went to file a claim in the baggage office, they had the bag. Good news, I thought. Wrong. They had the bag because it had been run over by a baggage tug or pinned by a forklift or something else awful, and my antique but still fully functional and fun Volant Chubbs were destroyed--both skis bent, the core visible, binding pieces falling out all over. We'd flown Northwest out of Detroit and transfered to Delta in Minneapolis so I envisioned having to fight with not one but two airlines to get some kind of compensation. All credit to Delta, though; they sent us to a ski shop which gave me new skis (K2 Phat Luvs) to replace the broken ones, no fighting necessary. I was very pleasantly surprised by how they handled it.

As for the skiing, it was fun, of course. We spent most of the week at The Canyons with side trips to Deer Valley, Alta, and Sundance (which was well worth it if only to eat dinner at the Claim Jumper in Heber City, where all the food was excellent and the piece of cake I got for dessert was almost as big as my head). I liked the Canyons a lot more than the only other time I'd been there because this time I could use more of the mountain and didn't end up on the tour of fine ski homes (aka Harmony) so much.

Pictures from the trip here.

 

[ski diva]

A bad story with a good ending. Glad it worked out with your skis.

I looked at your pix, and I have two questions:

1) Why are there clothes in the refrigerator?

2) Who owns the Fischer Vision 73's? That's my ski!

 

[KarenD]

1) My husband and I were the last people to join up for this trip, so our alloted space in the condo was a kitchenette with a sofa bed and almost no storage space other than the fridge (and the microwave and the dishwasher)--there was a full kitchen in connecting unit where the other folks were so I got creative when I unpacked.

2) The Fischers are mine (yes, I'm spoiled and travel with 2 pairs of skis most trips). I picked them up at a demo sale end of last season and love them!

 

[Pequenita]

Wow - the ski story is something else. I wonder what would have happened if the SkiTube got run over on your way home, rather than on the way out, you know? Like, if one of those Star Wars stormtrooper people movers at Dulles ran over my skis, I'd probably just get a flight voucher!

 

[Jilly]

I've a friend that got his Sportube bent really out of shape - SLC too. His skis were at a right angle instead of straight. They were really good about replacement rental during his stay, and then money when he got home.
I was wondering too about the clothes in the fridge, but hey if it works, not a bad idea.