50.24 Utah: Alta: Cardiff climb in serious snow for two 'non-snowbirds'.

  We suppose one has to accept all types of weather, conditions and challenges. To refuse them means that a person would spend much time indoors. We've found that, especially with rain, on most occasions we are able to walk 'between the raindrops'. Expressed a little more succinctly, a person has to plan wisely, play the odds against the chance of rain percentages, most importantly, be bold and finally, find a weather forecaster with a more favorable outlook. We do get wet but less often than one would expect. 

  When I did military service (1970), I was in the armored corp. There was a saying that went something like this: "A troep wat nie a kans vat is nie 'n troep nie." Like most translations, something gets lost. Basically, a trooper has to follow the rules but if you don't take a chance and ignore the rules at times, you're not really a trooper. 

The good news is that Jenni is showing a lot of characteristics of a troepie. "Ja-nee".

Here is a good example.   

'How dem slopes?' the Texans might say, should they have mountains.
Finding a dry patch, two minutes respite.
The station on Hidden Peak, a place we've hiked to on 3 occasions, each a different route.
Hidden Peak viewed 3 weeks before from a similar position. This was our first repeat hike because the snow caught us off-guard, in our planning for that day. It amounted to a fallback position.
Jen moves down over a tricky section. No handrails! See picture below.
Similar position to that above.
Stripped bare, toward the beginning.
Three weeks before, close to the trailhead.
It's a different experience, 'yep' it sure is. In hot summers, we whine for winter. In winters, we pine for hot summers. We're pretty easy to please.
Some slippery but gorgeous slopes.
Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey