Alta (2020)
The Powder Hound Collective recently returned from an ill-advised trip to the Utah mountains, March 13 through March 16, 2020, [right before “two weeks to bend the curve” quarantine started].
Their first (and only) day on the slopes was a hard-charging day at Alta where the gang clocked over 20,000 vertical feet.
No sooner than the horrifying COVID news started pouring in from Taylor’s home of Seattle did Vail Resorts release an official statement closing all of their mountains. The crew waited in anticipation for the other shoe to drop - and sure enough, a few hours later, Alterra made a similar announcement, putting the nail in the coffin of their hopes to ski Snowbird the following day.
Fortunately, everyone made it home safe, but the 2020 ski’son was cut a bit short.