Mike's Birthday Weekend - Part II

Saturday - my birthday - we went up to Park City and I wanted to ride the Alpine Slide since I've never done it before. I was also given the recommendation to ride the Zip Line. So we got up there and had a quick lunch before going up to the mountain.

We got in line and rode the ski lift up the mountain. And - according to my GPS - we were at about 7,542 feet in elevation and we started our little windy trip down the mountain at about 2:30:15.

At the top, the ticket lady took our picture for us. We started down the hill. If you look at the satallite view - we rode down on the left track. We reached a maximum speed of 15 mph and averaged about 12 mph. The bottom came in at about 7,034 feet in elevation and I stopped moving at 2:33:57. So it lasted about 3.5 minutes and we dropped around 500 feet.


As I was going down I took a blind over my shoulder picture and got Colette in the picture!

Then we went back for the "ZipRider". I took my video but I haven't had the chance to grab the video off of it yet. So the best that I'll be able to do is give an "artist's rendition" so to speak. I think that my version gives you a better feel for the thrill and excitement of the whole thing. So look for a birthday part III post some time soon.

We got in line for the ski lift at about 2:40 and after a long wait - finally at 4:05:07 after being strapped into our harness at 7556 feet we were released through the gate. We reached a maximum speed of 48 mph and had an average speed of 40 mph. After an exhillarating ride we hit the end at 4:06:01 and landed at 7065 feet.