Last year we went to Utah just for the skiing experience. As you might know, the snow in Utah is very different from the snow in California. It is lighter because it has less water.. plus, the get dumped with a lot of snow every year. The mountains near Salt Lake city get 500 inches average. More than any other ski resort area (yes! more than Colorado!). Anyway... skiing in Utah. Like last year, this time we went to Snowbird again because it is an awesome resort. Very steep, very good runs. Snowbird has a snow tunnel which cuts thru the mountain so that you can ski on the other side. We had to try that..
Tunel no Snowbird resort - toca musica dentro do tunel, tem umas fotos da construcao e umas placas com informacoes sobre o tunel. Nos colocamos os esquis na esteira pra atravessar o tunel.The tunnel at Snowbird - they play music inside the tunnel. There are also some pictures of the construction and some signs with tunnel info. We stand up on a conveyor belt that takes us to the other side of the tunnel.
O outro lado - The other side
Final do dia no Snowbird resortEnd of the day at Snowbird
Nos fomos esquiar no Snowbird dia 31-Dezembro. O teleferico fecha as 4:30 da tarde e as 6 da tarde eles iam ter uma festinha de ano novo entao nos esperamos. Na foto, Kuba dando feliz ano novo pra familia em outros paises.We went to Snowbird on the 31st of December. Although the lifts closed at 4:30pm, at 6pm they had a torch parade to celebrate the new year. We waited and watched that. This is a picture of Kuba wishing the Kania family a happy new year (they were in the Dominican Republic... wearing shorts!)
"Fechado, perigo de Avalanche"
-15C do lado de fora. Passar o ano novo no inverno dos EUA eh uma M... porque nao da pra colocar uma roupa mais arrumada (muito menos branca) porque se nao voce morre de frio. Tem que ficar de casaco o tempo todo. Eu tava com 3 calcas!!Near 0F outside! It is weird to spend NYE in the winter time in the US. I am used to wearing shorts at the beach back home and over here you cannot even wear something nice because the jacket will cover it up anyway. I was wearing 3 pairs of pants!
A festinha de fim de ano. Umas 300 pessoas vieram esquiando morro abaixo com umas tochas. Muito bonito. Pena que a foto nao saiu legal.
There were about 300 skiers coming down the hill with torches. It was very nice! Too bad the pictures did not come out good.
Ano Novo em Salt Lake City - depois da festa no resort the esqui nos voltamos pra cidade pra ver os fogos a meia noite.NYE in Salt Lake City - after the party at the ski resort we went back to the city to watch the fireworks at midnight.
O templo Mormon - da igreja do Jesus Cristo dos ultimos diasThe Mormon temple
cricked smile.. O sorriso torto
A emburrada - grumpy me
Noite de ano novo - NYE
No dia 1 de Janeiro nos fomos esquiar de novo. Dessa vez num lugar um pouco mais longe de Salt Lake city, num resort chamado Powder Mountain - Powder em ingles eh o nome dado pra neve quando ta fofinha. E nesse resort tinha bastante neve fofa, e isso eh muito bom pra esquiar. O mais legal eh que eu usei um estilo de teleferico antigo pra ser puxada montanha a cima. O Kuba ficou dizendo que eu ia cair e ficou me assustando mas eu fui bem (eh dificil segurar esse cabo). Nem cai nem nada. O melhor de tudo eh que como era dia 1, tinha muita gente se recuperando da noitada e muita gente passando o dia em familia e o lugar estava vazio. Se eu tinha que dividir uma montanha com mais uma pessoa, ja estava cheio demais. Desse jeito eu ate fico mal acostumada.On the 1st of January we went skiing at Powder Mountain, a little farther from Salt Lake city. As the name suggests, this place had TONS of powder! It was awesome. The mountain was not nearly as steep as snowbird, but the conditions were great. And it snowed a little while we were there. The best thing, though, is.. I tried the old-school ski lift. One was just a little plastic piece attached to the main cable that you hold on to (Easy), but the other one you had to put between your legs. Needless to say, Kuba kept telling me that I was going to fall on the lift and telling me horrifying stories. I did fine... a little shaky at first but I made it all the way to the top. Since it was January 1st and most people are either hung over or spending the day with their families, the place was totally empty! If we had to share a run with another person it was already too crowded! heheh :) I could get spoiled by that.
Esquiar a noite? Sem problemas... ele tinham uma montanha toda iluminada a noite pra gente poder esquiarNight-skiing? No problem! Powder Mountain had a whole mountain lit up for that.
No dia 2 de Janeiro nos fomos esquiar de novo! Dessa vez num resort chamado Park City, onde as olimpiadas de inverno de 2002 foram realizadas. O lugar eh imenso!On January 2nd we went skiing again! This time at Park City resort, where the 2002 winter olympic games took place. The place was huge!
O tempo nao tava muito bom em Park City nesse dia. Tava nevando e ventando muito.The weather was not that nice in Park City. Snow and wind...
Park City tambem tinha esqui a noite porque tinha uma montanha iluminada. Nos ficamos ate o fim!Park City also had night skiing and this time we stayed until the very end.
Infelizmente caiu um raio perto de onde estavamos e a luz acabou por uns 15 minutos. Eu e o Kuba estavamos sentados no teleferico de metal quando isso aconteceu. Achei otimo.. no inverno eh muuuuuuuuito raro ter tempestades com relampago (se estiver nevando). Nos estavamos fazendo tudo errado. Sentados no lugar mais alto da floresta, numa cadeira de metal e no meio do escuro (nao tava pra ver NADA! Um breu total!) Como faltou luz, quando finalmente chegamos no cume da montanha o seguranca fez a gente ficar la esperando uns minutos pra ver se a luz caia de novo. Depois de uma meia hora eles finalmente nos autorizaram a esquiar morro abaixo. Mas enquanto isso eu fiquei brincando na neve.Unfortunately there was a lightning that hit somewhere close to the ski resort and power went out for a good 15 minutes. Kuba and I were sitting on the lift when that happened. I thought it was great. It is soo rare to have lightning strikes in the winter time when it is snowing. We were doing everything your science teacher told you not to: Sitting on the highest place of the mountain (we were near the top), on a metal bench in the dark (we could not see anything! It was like total darkness). When we reached the top the ski patrol guy told us not to go anywhere because they were not sure there would be another power surge. They told us there might be a possibility of taking us down the mountain by snowmobile (I was really really hoping for that - Cool!) In the mean time, I played in the snow. Finally after 30 minutes they let us ski down the mountain
Nevando em Park City
Snow Angel!
Depois de limpar o carro umas 3 vezes (tinha muita neve encima. e nao parava de cair e tava caindo muito rapido) eu resolvi tirar uma foto do carro.After cleaning the car 3 times - there was a lot of snow on top at first. Then, it kept snowing very hard and very fast - I decided to take some pictures.
De volta pro hotel. Neve na estrada, muito vento e o carro sambando na pista. Os 50 km mais longos da minha vida!Going back to the hotel in SLC. Lots of snow on the road (6-12 in), very strong wind and the car dancing on the road. The longest 30 miles of my life.
De volta a Salt Lake City - o templo dos MormonsThe Mormon temple in Salt Lake City
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