ULTIMATE SKI ROAD TRIP- SEE FULL STORY HERE

23rd February 2017

Last modified on August 30th, 2021

Here we look back at the trip with his daily blogs put up in chronological order.

He started off in Utah visiting some of the resorts around Salt Lake City – Park City, Deer Valley, Alta and Snowbird.

Park City, Utah. Image © PlanetSKI

Snowbird: Powder awaits. Image © PlanetSKI

See here for the resorts around Salt Lake City .

Then it was across the state to some of the resorts around Ogden – Snowbasin and Powder Mountain.

The road to Snowbasin. Image © PlanetSKI

See here for the resorts around Ogden.

Though sadly not the cat skiing at Whisper Ridge as he and his travelling companion at the time, Alf Alderson, got lost!

The trip then moved to the neighbouring state of Colorado – Breckenridge, Keystone and the fabulous resort of Arapahoe Basin.

Breckenridge, Colorado. Image © PlanetSKI

Keystone, Colorado. Image © PlanetSKI

Next up it was a flight up to Calgary in Canada to ski the resorts around Banff – Norquay, Sunshine Village and Lake Louise.

Mt Norquay, Alberta, Canada. Image © PlanetSKI

Lake Louise, Canada. Image © PlanetSKI

Next James was back in Colorado visiting Vail, Aspen and Copper.

Vail, Colorado. Image © PlanetSKI

Aspen, Colorado. Image © PlanetSKI

Copper, Colorado. Image © PlanetSKI

In Vail he skied with one of his hereos – the ex- GB racer, Martin Bell.

See here for his blog on the day.

Then he headed  to Jackson Hole in Wyoming and Sun Vally in Idaho and was joined by PlanetSKI’s senior news reporter, Katie Bamber.

On the road. Image © PlanetSKI

On the slopes. Image © PlanetSKI

See here for the latest from Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Yours truly hard at work again. Image © PlanetSKI

And check out the final few days here as he hit Sun Valley in Idaho

And then headed back to Wyoming before finished where he started – Alta and Powder Mountain in Utah.

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