I didn't need to see this before heading down the mountain!


Down we go......

Park City - top of Bonanza

Still climbing the Bonanza lift. This is more terain I would eventually face.
Not even sure what state I am in at this point!
Great restaurant / bar at the summit. I chose Gatorade as my beverage of choice on this day.
Ready to go!

Park City - time to get serious

So after two days of claiming to "work on the fundamentals" it was time for me to tackle the summit and ski down alone. You have to ride two lifts to reach the summit...this photo was taken shortly after getting on the first lift. As you can see, you loose site of the base area very quickly. Notice that there is no one behind me on the chairs. There was also no one in front of me. This was not comforting for someone trying to prepare for his first time down a mountain!
Higher...I would eventually ski down the slopes you see below.
Top of the Pay Day lift.
From the Pay Day lift you ski over to the Bonanza lift (bottom of this hill).

Skiing with Dad

After two days of practicing individually Anna and I were ready to hit the slopes together!
Notice the harness system around Anna...this proved to be the best $20 I spent out there. It gives the parent the ability to ski behind the child, but still keep them from "running away".
Notice the orange ski boots....GO VOLS!
Anna and I coming down Homerun.

Ski School Day Two

Time for day two of ski school.
I happened to be at the top of the First Time lift when Anna's class came up for the first time. This was Anna's first time down a real run. She did a great job of stopping.
Another view of the same run, but from below.
Apres ski!

Anna had two days of Park City Mountain Resort's Ski School. They spent the first day at the base area introducing the basics of stopping by "making pizza" with their skis. On day two they hit the slopes.

Park City Day 1

The first day we went to a tubing park just outside of Park City. This was nothing spectacular, but was certainly fun and served as a reward for Anna who was very good throughout the flight out (which left Knoxville at 6am!)





Our condo had a loft which became Anna's private suite. She was very proud of it and insisted on watching her afternoon TV program in "her quarters".
Another view of the loft from downstairs.
This was the view from our balcony. The orange fenced area at the bottom is where they held the Kids Mountain Ski School, so Laura could sit on our balcony and watch the class.