Our 10th annual Salt Lake City ski trip was another highly successful outing. For the first time on these ski trips Mother Nature provided us four successive day of excellent weather (i.e., no storms) with relatively warm temperatures, blue skies and wonderful visibility. Trip leader Darlene Little did a superb job in organizing the show. We stayed at the Red Lion Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City and the transportation to and from the slopes via a private bus was convenient and absolutely trouble-free. Our fourteen skiers hit four different ski areas: Alta, Deer Valley, Snowbasin, and Solitude. All these areas had plenty of snow although none was the "fresh" Utah powder we were hoping for. Alta had so much snow that they restricted the skiing area by operating only a few chairs while "shooting" for avalanches on the steeper slopes.