Monday, November 22, 2010

First day of Powder Storm skiing at Alta

It was a great storm day of skiing at Alta. Plenty of pow for everyone.

Hope we have a season full of days like this one.

Lucky me!! I get to show Mckenna around Alta for her first year having a seasons pass.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Suicide Chute!! Day 2nd back in the Wasatch!!

Here's a shot of Suicide Chute after we skied it.

Skins on skins off.

This was my first time skiing the chute so had to document it.

A couple of people skied Suicide Chute the day before but booted the whole way. We skinned the apron and started booting at the bottom of the Chute. The booter was windblown but good in many places.

Looking down from about half way up the Chute.

Almost there. We had it pretty easy but still took turns breaking trail. I just let Bret take over and I snapped a few shots.

We had a couple take advantage of the boot we had just set.

They had come up after us but we still did the right thing and waited for them to get to the top before we dropped in.

Bret getting some turns in the rich creamy snow of the pre Thanks Giving skiing.

This shot taken in the morning just before leaving the car at Hellgate parking lot.

Was a great second day back in Utah with more of the skierboyz.

Back In The Wasatch Mountains With The Skier Boyz

Good morning Wasatch Mountains.



We have a big group of the Skierboyz together for this tour.



The south face starting to warm up as we warm up.



The sun lighting up the small town of Alta.


The Mountains and there beauty over looking the Great Salt Lake.

Who says the Skierboyz take lots of risks? A small snow study after skiing Main Days.



The Buffalo making nice turns in upper Days Fork.


After skiing Upper and Main Days we dropped into the Hallway Couloir and skied out to Big Cottonwood.


I few of us after hitching down Big Cottonwood waiting for the cars to come back around.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

The last thing a Freeskier wants to see just before winter.

Well belive me I've done this before but not on Rosie. Shes been good to me. I was dropping a wood stove off at the bottom of my road to give it away and all of a sudden there is smoke pouring out of the hood. Oh sh**. I got out and I saw oil pouring out of the timming belt cover. I knew it was the main, or camshaft seals.

This is an easy job and the shops charge $425.00 Took me two hours and just under $67.00. The passanger side camshaft seal had dried up and when I opend things up I could see the seal had popped out.

Getting Ready to make the marks on the timming belt and pulleys.


This is still what this Freeskier whats to see. That there is always things that remind you that there is love everywhere in the world.

This was a big silver Maple that I was way up in the tops of. Both sides had what looked like nice live bark but as you can see most of the inside was all rotted.

Monday, November 1, 2010

October 16th My First Tracks of the Season Mad River Glen!!!

I was a bit blown a way with how much snow was up a the might Mad River.
A thick blanket of 14+ inches. The S 7s put me on top and kept me out of the rocks and roots.

Lars here making some turn on lower Paridise Looks like hes making nice turns little do you know one of those skis is broke in half.

I set a booter and did a couple laps on Cat bowl before metting up with Lars and Wardle to finish the day with Fall Line Dice and Canyon.

Good day had by all.

Even the subi loves the snow as much as me.