Costa Rica soooooooocks...

and then there was the update

Solitude Mountain Resort

what a great April for the West!  I am heading to Lake Tahoe tomorrow where they also received plenty of snow! Utah soooooocks

Vail does it better...

Except for the YTD snow amount... lame.... 4 days this year, trying for number 5 tomorrow.

hmmmm!

Apollo Couloir, Mt Olympus

We spotted this NNE facing couloir fueling up at gas station on Foothill Drive.

We mapped our route to Apollo couloir and proceeded through new homes and no trespassing signs which used to be a path to Mt. Olympus wilderness

Snotsicle beating it down the upper 1/3 of Apollo with very firm snow at 40+ degree slope.  A fall would have sucked and most likely break body parts if I wiped into the cement rollerballs

Wow!  after watching that video it looks pathetic but it was quite steep and scary skiing. 

On the way up all the slide paths had natural wet slides avi debris piled 15' high from a natural warming cycle.  Out of respect to all backcountry users we turned our transceivers to "search mode" and were glad to have not picked up a signal

Brigdonk drinking a well deserved Dale's pale ale after a 2 1/2 hour boot up

Snotsicle shralping the hard packed and recently slid lower half of the couloir.  35 degree slope angle

Brigdonk shredding Spring snow with SLC valley in the background

Snotsicle bottom right of pic enjoying the panaromic view of the SLC valley floor

Utah 2010........ Siiiiiick

Snoworries showing us how to Surf

Fantasy Freshies... Fantasy Freshies... Fantasy Freshies...

Snotsicle hangin with his New Friend

Soligully- in his Favorite Place in the World, "The Wasatch"

Great times up at Solitude....

Big thanks to Snotsicle for a Wonderful time in Salt Lake City. I saw everything I wanted to- Snow, Sun, A True Wasatch Storm, Jackson, The Hobacks, Creekside Disc Golf, Molca Salsa, Park City, Blue Plate, Millcreek Cafe, The Inn at Solitude, Hop Rising, Silver Fork Lodge, The Soligully, Cabin Hill, Backcountry Tour, Teton Pass, Idaho, The Coomb and Finally (2) Boot Packs up Fantasy Ridge.

All that = Priceless
Thanks, Bro

March 05. 14 inches. Solitude.

Injured my back on Tuesday. Popped some pills and used heat pads all week to get ready for the storm. My back got better through the week and by the time the storm came, my back was almost pain free. Couldn't miss this one.

Congratualtions to Billy Demong

2010 Winter Olympic Gold Medalist Biily Demong!   Congratulations! 

A celebration at O' Shucks in Jeremy Ranch March 2, 2010 after Billy won a gold and silver medal in nordic combined

I was extremely privaleged to personally handle the gold and silver medals from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.  The individual event is engraved on the back of the medals 

Who's in?

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fresh fresh fresh

Playing in the snow days after a storm

Crystal Point Pow

My tracks coming out of "The Coomb Chute"

Stringham dropping this tree shot on the Fantasy Ridge apron

Southern San Juans Hammered

With no snow in the forecast here have been watching the ole CO's forecasts for the past two weeks... The four corners continue to get their fair share of the good stuff as the central and Front Range mountains suffer. With already 330" to-date for the season, this latest storm has dropped near 3' of snow and another 2' on the way.

Although a very light density snow, as usual, there's always a very variable and unstable snowpack:

 

Time for some fun in the sun.

~SB

A quick trip to Moab and The La Sals

I escaped with the dags to Moab for some warmer temps.  

Upon arrival to Southern Utah I drove up geyser pass to make a few turns during sunset

Utah sooocks!

Fantasy Ridge bootpack.  Hike this 15 minute knife edge ridge to ski any line you choose down Honeycomb Cliffs!   Come to Soli and I will take you there!

How's that for a faceshot underneath c-rock!

Beware Soligully of the UT Pow Open.  This is a great basket placement at the U of U

The Transformation is Complete

 

~SB