Who won the Super Bowl? Beats me, I was skiing

February 2, 9:58 AMSalt Lake City Outdoor Recreation ExaminerJared Hargrave

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No crowds at Alta on Super Bowl Sunday

Here's a Super Bowl tip for all skiers. The resorts are empty. I banked on that fact when I took my wife, Callista, to Alta on Super Bowl Sunday. It was a beautiful day with clear, bluebird skies, mild temperatures and no crowds.

Usually weekends at Alta are pretty packed, so we got a late start and arrived at noon in the hopes that people would be heading home to catch the game. By 1:30, we pretty much had the resort to ourselves. The lift lines were nonexistent, runs were wide open (even in the bottlenecks near the base) and there were plenty of open seats on the sun deck at the Goldminer's Daughter.

We skied packed powder until 4, then did what most football fans were doing by then. We drank beer. As we sunned ourselves on the deck with PBR in hand, looking at the view of Mount Superior towering over Little Cottonwood Canyon, the thought of men wrestling over a pigskin never crossed our minds.

Super Bowl Sunday means crowd-free Sunday. Skiing on that day should become a yearly tradition, because when the entire country gathers around the television, empty slopes await.