From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Little Cottonwood Canyon

My only workout today was an hour and a half road bike ride. I was too much of a wimp to go out early this morning in the cold so I waited until mid day and drove down to Salt Lake. I road Little Cottonwood Canyon.

I had never been up the canyon and it was beautiful. Someday I want to ski the two famous ski areas at the top.

The tram at Snowbird looks amazing.

I hear they get a lot of snow up there.

And the terrain at Alta looks fun to ski.

I liked the church in the “town” of Alta.

It’s hard to read but it’s called Our Lady of the Snows.

The canyon was steep. I was taking it easy, but it took me more than an hour to go the 8 miles (13 kilometers) from bottom to top. It was a cool ride.

After the ride I played disc golf with my friend Graham Watanabe. I achieved my goal of better than bogey golf with 19 under for 20 holes.