Powder Blast to Flats

In the past 72 hours 62 inches of snow has fallen. So before I had to start working I got two sweet runs in. Deep powder, sinking down about two feet. Would have been nice to get some more in but I had to go teach one student in teen escape. Easy day.
Deer Valley* TE (1) $0

Getting Kick Around

I started out last night on Adventure Club, got moved down to Reindeer Intermediate. Not enogh students showed so I ended up getting thrown into a beginner class. Skiied once on success and the rest was on Wide West. Roads were a mess getting home.
Deer Valley* RD (5) $0

Soaking in Powder

Wet powder. Found some great lines, with some spots softer then others. Skiing with Rodney down through the trees floating off a few cliffs. Had some cold wipeouts and by the end of the day my clothes were soaking wet. Great skiing, dead tired at the end of the day.
Deer Valley

Log Jam

Fresh 7 inches, hard on the bottom made for some fast skiing. I ended up skiing through some big tree log area that was a natural obstical course.
Deer Valley

Spike

A new way to look at the slopes. With a fresh 6? Inches of pow, skiing with my camera attatched to my ski pole, Made for some good shots.
Alta

Joy Ride

Went up to Deer Valley for opening day. Almost everything was opened. Rodney and I skied mostly on Lady Morgan lift through the trees of Centenial. Everything was soft because it was opening day. Hit a couple jumps and dropped a small 15 foot cliff. It was a blast, our average run including the lift ride was about 10 minutes. The snow was a little sticky in some spots. Great leg workout.
Deer Valley

Coverage

Another foot of snow to cover the rocks. Making laps through the trees, not much time so I made the most of the time I had skiing some soft spots.
Alta

Looking at Dirt

I didn't think I would be looking for hillside to ski dirt this late in the year. Utah is getting some epic snow storms right now. I ended up at the top of the hillside in Chino Hills California. It was actually a good looking gully and would be sweet with some now on it. Insted I was skiing over grass, dirt, rocks, and sticks. I took four runs down. On one run down I wiped out flipping over. It was tough to make turns so I took a straight line down and rode it till I stopped at the bottom.
Chino Hills

Ahhhhhh

Opening day at Alta. It wasn't quite three yet so I hiked up a little to ski down a gully. I'm sick of hiking. It felt so good to finally sit on a chair lift again and rip down the slops. Found some decent powder and a few jumps. One jump was off the side of a rock, I took it and on my landing I did a head plant in the snow. I looked over about two feet to the side and there was a big rock sticking out of the snow. I would have been out cold if I would of hit that. A couple minutes later a pair of skiers hit the same jump and I was still under the jump. Luckily he caught enough air to fly over me. Two close calls. Skied down a few more times, high winds but it was nice to making some laps.
Alta

Powder Crawling

Crawling up the mountain in 16 inches of powder. Soft snow, great for floating down on skis. Can't wait for the lifts to open up so I can spend more time skiing then hiking.
Alta

Leftovers

It hasn't snowed since the three feet of snow last week and now the snow is crusted over and melting. It was nasty skiing through crusty snow with sticks poking up and whipping me as I skied down. I hit a log jump a few times before skiing down to the bottom.
Snowbird

Bottomed Out

Plenty of snow up at Solitude, although it is getting heavy and will probably melt if it doesn't snow again. I took one long run floating on the pow. Then hit a small drop a couple of times. Each time I bottomed out scaping the mountain.
Solitude

Sinking Feeling

This is the 100th week in a row I have gone skiing. Three feet of fresh pow. I hiked up the Alta Brighton trail. With every step I sunk to my knees. It was a tough hike up but the skiing down was sweet. Soft fresh, deep powder on the way down as long as the terrain was steep enough otherwise I would just stop because there was so much pow. I didn't hit a single rock.
Alta

Morning Dew

I didn't have much time before the morning dew evaporated. Skiing Flat Iron Mesa is steep enough to ski but the grass has to be wet or you are pushing too much. Point your skis down the hill and your off. Turning is more of a jump turn because edges don't really work. Sliding down the grassy slope about four time.
Flat Iron Mesa

Missing Hole

Last year this place was one of my favorits. A big sand pit because of construction, but now it's all filled in. I skied on one of the near by hillsides. Not much of a run just a quick one turn sand slope. I went around the corner and found a longer run with some vegetation. Skiing down the brush scraping my legs up dodging the big rocks hidden by the weeds.
Draper Hills

Getting Old

I drove past two spot before I ended up at the point. While I was getting set up, some how I pulled a back muscle. I tried to stretch it out, but I just ended up skiing with the pain. I took three runs down gliding across the rocks. It was decent but this place is getting old and tracked out.

Erode

Looking for a place to ski alone Dimple Dell ravine. I didn't find a place right in the ravine but a I did find an eroded hillside to hit the spot. The eroded hill side was about 40 feet tall with the top section a wall straight up. Climbing up the hillside was challenging, pulling myself on top I had to use my upper body like a pull up. Once on top I wasn't sure I was had it in me to take the short hill. There was no room for doubt or hesitation. It was a 5 foot drop followed by a second 5 foot drop. I psyched myself out and climbed down to take an easier route. After three warm up runs I over came my fear and hit the double drop The first drop was more of a slide that gave me some good speed to shoot me out about 10 feet. I had to hit it again. What a rush.
29. Dimple Dell

Last Chance

After 95 weeks of skiing in a row, my record was almost snapped. Last day of the week after night fall I made my way over the the rock pile just off of I-15. The workers had all gone home so it was free to ski. The rock pile is just big enough to make about three or four turns before getting to the bottom. A few times sparks lit up my turns.
28. Rock Pile