Jon wrote:
>...solitude and LCC are pretty close together
>from the looks of things- probably under 10 miles (high estimate) apart.

More like 2 miles from the top of the summit lift at Solitude to the 
Albion Basin day lodge. Basically, Solitude is across the street and 
"behind" Grizzly Gulch and Fantasy Ridge (aka Honeycomb ridge).

>goldminer's daughter sounds good-

GMD is perhaps the cheapest (possibly Snowpine Lodge as well) but the 
best food is at Alta Lodge, The Rustler and the Peruvian - exact 
order open to debate.

>only thing is- i
>think we'd have at least 1 border.  bummer, dude.

That let's out Alta, but there is a free shuttle that runs between 
the Alta lodges and Snowbird.

>solitude isn't as challenging as LCC?  i've heard pretty good things about
>honeycomb canyon- but maybe this isn't enough to satisfy all tastes.

Solitude gives up it's secrets far less easily than Alta and 
Snowbird, so casual one or two day visitors rarely see all the goods.

>...a 3 course meal at solitude vs a 7 course meal at Alta/snowbird 
>kinda thing?

No.

>there is no way to ski off the backside of solitude to alta?

Yes there is - through the Fantasy gate and across the Highway to 
Heaven traverse then down one of the Grizzly Gulch lines or over and 
up Patsy Marley and down its west face or one of the multitude of 
lines from the ridge that culminates at Superior.

>google earth shows its right off the back.

Pretty much - see my comments above.

>is this avi terrain, off-limits, or just a really bad idea?

Yes. No. Yes if your avi and b/c skills suck.

-marc 

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