Ever Green

Skiing the bumps and anything I could find to entertain my ski class. We found a new trail opened that had some powder on it. My class took awhile to ski it but they survived and I got to ski some powder. A small taste of why I ski.

Frost Moss

Drove up Mill Creek Canyon to see what it has to offer. I stopped at a mossy area with water running under the moss. It was cold enough to have frost on some of the area. It was a little ruff skiing over some large rocks but over the the frosty moss it made for a good slide. Most of my runs were a straight line down because the terrain made it hard to turn. At the bottom there was a pond that I skied into a few time before my boots were too wet.

Slow Sand

It takes 2 hours to drive to Little Sahara just outside of Nephi. Once you there it take another 45 minutes to climb to the top of one of the peaks. Sand Skiing down in a couple minutes at Little Sahara. What madness for a little fun in the sand. My brother Craig tagging along to try some sand boarding. The first time down was a slow. The first section was steep enough to get me going but 50 yards from the bottom i stopped because the slope wast steep enough. After two runs I thought I was done. I think we both were dehydrated and getting closer to heat exhaustion. We decided to hike up a third time on a new spot that had shady stops on the way up. Last run down was steeper an there were some patches of green weeds the I skied over on the way down that helped me gain speed. Best run of the three.
Little Sahara

Steep Cups

One wrong step or slip wouldn't slide resulted in a wick slide and curtain injury wit big rock to break your fall. Hiking up the apron of devils Castle wasn't easy. Steep and the glacier was full of cups to make it bumpy. Going down was ruff and hard on turns. Very little snow spray and had to control my speed on the was down. Falling wasn't an option unless you like broken bones. Big section of snow, but tough to ski.
Devils Castle

Recommitted

I've checked out this spot twice and I finally went for it. Dropped down the sandy slope gaining speed the Turns on the sand was tricky. Short turns worked the best, any time I made a big turn I would sink and crash. On the way down the slope I had to turn around some bushes. Good spot to sand ski.
Draper

Chalk Rock

Hiking up to find some new ski territory. There is a patch of white rock that looks like snow in the hills of Springville. The chalk rock was hard on top and loose in the middle of the 50 yard slope. It was skiable, so I made 5 runs on it before leaving.
Springville

Snow Hunt

I'm not willing to let this ski season end. Driving up little Cottonwood to find something to ski on. The biggest snow patch and easiest to get to is still Mt. Superior. Hiked into Suicide chute a bit but it was holing out underneath so I didn't go far. Hard surface with some spray on my turns. Near the bottom I had to dodge rocks and sticks. Flying down the mountain this late is sweet.
Mt. Superior

Rock Kicker

I wasn't really into skiing on dirt. It was hot, dusty and not refreshment. I skied four runs and it turned out good. Took a little rock kicker at the top of the point. Skiing rocks fast down to the gully.
Point Mt.

Steep N' Hard

Took on Mt Superior, it still has a good chunk of glacier snow on it. Steep and one slip you could be sliding all the way down and get pretty messed up. I hided up to the top of the first section right before it goes up suicide chute. Skied down a few times on the hard snow with some spray on my turns. Skied down to the bottom or at least almost to the bottom.
Mt Superior (LCC)

Holding On

It's melting fast. I had to do some glacier hoping to get down to the bottom. Felt good to be making turns in the snow this late in the season. I can't let go of the snow, I want to keep holding on as long as possible.
Alta

Wet Dirt

Pure dirt skiing. Found a new spot to ski in Dimple Dell where they have recently constucted a tunnel and left some of the land scape ripe for some dirt skiing. The dirt was wet from a rain storm but the slope was steep enough to get some momentum and ski down about 100 yards. Not bad.
Dimple Dell

Crud Spray

Might as well be skiing on concrete. Felt like I was skiing on a wash board spay the crud snow on my turns. I tried recreating some shots from when I skied this same spot last November, the main difference was last time I was skiing sweet pow. I ended up hitting a jump about 3 times. Good times.
Alta

Crowded Slopes

It was a madhouse up at Snowbird. You would have thought it was going to be a sweet powder day. Last day the bird was going to be open and the parking lot was full. This was a first for me skiing this late in the year using the ski lifts. Great feeling. It was cloudy the whole day with a warm breeze in the air. Skied with my brother all day. Lots of slush in the moguls. Hit the jumps when every possible, sometimes other people got in the way because there were so many people at the resort. Many people dressed up as well as skiing in there swim suits. Fun atmosphere. Skied hard on Mineral Basin and Little Cloud. They wouldn't let you ski down to the bottom without paying another $10. After skiing hard for a good four hours we skied down to the bottom with a short hike to the skiers bridge. Great 4th of July skiing.
Snowbird

Bad Jump

I was at this same spot two weeks ago and there has been a lot of melting going on. Skied off a couple of jumps with hard landings. The second one I hit threw me forward and on the ground on my chest. Bad jump.
Guardsman Pass

Programed

Feeling sluggish not wanting to do anything but have myself programed to ski on days that I haven't skied. Hiking up the face of Alta I had plenty of options with plenty snow everywhere. The snow his turning into glaiture snow with a little slush on top. Fast ride down.
Alta

Checking Chads Gap

Hiking up towards Chads Gap Area to see what I can find. There are two mining piling piles and I ended up at the higher one hitting a jump then hitting a quarter pipe, spinning into a 180 in the air. then I went down to Chads gap, but there wasn't much I could do because the snow was so slow. Skied down a little further down the gully and hit one last jump that I was able to get some air. Skied down through the gully to Alta's Albion Basin parking lot.
Chads Gap Gully