Last Powder day at Brighton for the 08-09 season.

String and I took time off our 9 to 5 schedule to get one last taste of the powder.

This is String going big off a cat track on Great Western



This is myself getting some air and enjoying the landing. Oh so soft!

From opening day-closing Solitude Mountain Resort

An awesome and one of/ if not my best season yet. All passionate skiers have a checklist ready before the season begins. As the season goes on the list grows exponentially when you check something off.
Here is the checklist that I created included with add-ons that I can look back at for years to come. Started out with some stats:

Solitude Resort total snowfall-540"
skied over 1 million vertical,
32 Fantasy Ridge hikes,
20+ days in the backcountry
119 total ski days.
other resorts- Alta, Deer Valley, Jackson Hole


Fantasy Ridge aka Honeycomb Cliffs
Shot# 3 (2x)
Shot# 5 (4x)
Shot#10 (1x)
Shot#10.5 aka "Banana Chute" (2x)
Shot#11 (3x)
Shot#12 (2x)
Shot#19 aka "Hanging Bone"(1x)
Shot#22 (3x)
Shot#23 (1x)
Shot#24 aka "Little Dollie area"(3x)
Shot#27 (3x)
Shot#29 (1x)
Shot#37 (1)
countless Aprons

Backcountry Highlights
10+ days Silver Fork/ Flannagans runs
4x USA Bowl
East Couloir
Argenta
Argenta Pillow Line
PC Ridge Line
God's Lawnmower
Seagull Chute
Grizzly Gulch
Michigan City
Stupid Chute
Willow Fork
Millcreek Canyon
Bear Trap Fork
5x Guild Line
10,420
Claytons
Sunset Peak
Summit Peak
Liz's Corner

The End 08-09

Every season comes to an End. Sometimes hard to believe, when you get good snow days in April. And to look back, and realize in all started 5 months ago in mid-November. The 08-09 started at K-Town and ended at K-Town. In between gave me memories to last a lifetime. Thank you, all, for making the last 5 months sooooo much fun.

Boomy and I, downtown Hue, VN.

Freshies..... 304 Backcountry

I you only Knew..... I Know

My Last Run in BCC----Soligully

Jackson MFing Hole

The Solitude crew at Jackson Hole. Great times with great friends. This pic below is all of us with the infamous Cody Peak in the background.




Last Tram of the '08-'09 ski season leaves to park at the top.



this pic is a beater in Corbet's Couloir. Wait that's ME after a mandatory drop in where I was working my way and lost my edge on the snow before the drop and fell in, stuck it and straight-lined to 40mph chattering speed instantly. No crash which was good. One word of advice. Don't try this on tele skis(scary fun)





Rendezvous Peak where the tram takes you up 4,139' vertical. Corbet's Couloir is the narrow strip of skiable terrain towards the top from the Teton Village

Undisclosed areas today

This is the pillow line in BCC. Undisclosed where abouts



Liz dropping the pillows


There is always a challenge involved when you ski a line in spring. This is me crossing back over Big Cottonwood creek



Earlier in the day I hiked into the cave in Honeycomb. Another undisclosed area. C-ROCK

Looking out the cave at Black Forest with my Blowers standing in the snow

Stormy skiing on March 29, 2009

Secret scree hut for safety meetings


Wind gusting on EGP ridge


This is what 3" an hour looks like. Definitely an Arc'Teryx Proshell day

Soligully brings the snow to the Wasatch

He came to the Wasatch and it dumped 26 inches.  We started off skiing at Deer Valley on day numero 1 and hit Solitude for the remainder.  On Sunday we traversed out the highway gate and did a quick tour into Silver Fork where we practiced and honed in our avi skills.  After we tested a slope and triggered a wind slab we proceeded to ski the chute.  Also my longest cont' vert run of the year from Shot 23 left down to Woodlawn had me trembling with excitement after skied and looking up at my tracks.

A few new food choices, a night up at the Inn, plenty of Pow and a new resort to add to the list it turned out to be an awesome quick visit.

Thanks for the great time and visit bro!

St. Ciox 09 - Sailing Trip

Took a trip to St. Croix. Sailed for two weeks around the carribean on Cole's boat. Amazing time that I'll never forget. Had great weather, ran into one storm (scariest night of my life), visted a couple island and lived off what the sea had to offer ... and rum. Finished 8 big bottles of rum in 7 days, I can now drink like a sailer. More stories to come...

USA Bowl on Cinco di Marzo

This here is my new way of making turns.  Craig Gordon would be proud!

I think it is impossible for me to make the turns that these guys did on the looker's right.  I like our style better!  we know how to take up the whole run with only 3 skiiers.  Then again I set the skintrack on the right the whole way.

A quick experimental video of early March.  All video is filmed with a point and shoot.

Wet activity

Warm temperatures allowed this natural wet slide to brake and carry everything in its path.  This pic was taken yeasterday on the South side of Timpanogos on the way up towards Robert's Horn.

misc photos from late February

If you want to ski this then come visit me in Utah and then maybe I will start thinking about even showing you where this is.

Brownbear shredding the gnar!  Shot numero 22 off Fantasy

Porter and myself meeting in the middle.  I skied Soli and he just finished USA Bowl.  Always BEER30

What the hell.  Most tree huggers hug; well trees.  Tiph found a rock to hug.

ventured out to berthoud pass with the pup today.

snow was good, the views and the weather were great.

to be continued...

Gavin visits Salt Lake

He brought the snow. All 29" in 3 days. Let the video explain the rest

Will's 1st ever Ski tour

Solitude Resort.
Everything in picture is inbounds and skiable



Will loving the trekkers. He did awesome except for the faulty equipment.



Surface HOAR!