NASJA-West meeting an hour away. Prepping to get some business done, and define who we are and our role in the ski industry through journalism

The North American Snowsports Journalist Association is meeting for it's single major meeting in the West Region annually. This Winter Western Summit is staged with the kind assistance of Lakeside Resort Properties and Snowbasin Ski Resort. We meet tonight, but will experience the area all week. Challenging wet conditions made day one a rather wild experience. Especially when we were the lone riders up Strawberry Canyon quad and found zero visibility on top. We followed the neon orange then it cleared. We hope to have the famous "Greatest Snow on Earth" during our week's stay, but temps need to drop. It was 40 degrees on the hill today. A total anomaly. It never rains in February. In Utah! We'll see what tomorrow brings. We've got first tracks, but unless it gets cold it could be damp again. That being said, it is what it is, and everybody made the best on a terrific mountain. The Men's and Women's downhill races were staged in front of the exquisite lodges at the base of Needles gondola. 9/11 impacted the vision of Snowbasin, and Olympic coverage in 2002 did not emphasize the effort that went in to preparing the Hill and the entire resort for the games. We'll have more this week from one of Utah's superior mountains, as we enjoy Lakeside Resorts a short trip up to Snowbasin. Great setting from awesome condos. Gotta go, Randy's got dinner going and our meeting at the Clubhouse starts at 6pm sharp. We have Nathan Rafferty, President of Ski Utah joining us for his State of the ski state address at 7.