You’ve just checked the Wasatch Snow Forecast or Utah Ski Weather blogs (which are great and should be bookmarked on your mobile devices), and they’re geeking out over the GFS and the EC and a bunch of other things that we mere mortals will never understand, but their summaries all say “powder day,” which is like cooking bacon next to a Catholic on Good Friday at 11:55pm.  Bring It On!  What do you do? What do you do?

Hopefully, you bought a White Room at Snowbird before the Jan 1st deadline, which allows you to stay at the Bird for $99 (reserve up to 48 hours in advance; great for locals), get up the next morning, beat the crowds that are probably waiting for Avalanche Control to open the road after the monster storm, and make those first tracks down Regulator or the Bookends in what we know as “The Greatest Snow on Earth.”  This “buy now, use later” is a steal of a deal and can be used throughout the winter season and into summer.  Check the Snowbird website for details and restrictions (there aren’t many), and take advantage of this deal before it expires.