PERDIDO

 Where have I been lately? Not very many places... unless you count the climbing gym, hospital, new apartment, new job, visiting family over the holidays, getting fat, getting skinny, Milosport, making splitboards in the shed, the Mall (for the first time in almost 5 years...), St. George, and I don't know where else.

In all reality the weather hasn't been too friendly for doing anything outside until recently. I threw together a few photos from a recent outing we took on Timp. Hard to believe that almost exactly one year ago we were taking waist deep turns down Primrose at 3 a.m. This time we were struggling up in a couple feet of terrible snow.

The snow was consistently crappy all the way up past 10,000 feet. It was a fun group to be out with and I am glad we went. At least the day provided some good photos.

 This is surface hoar. The winter version of dew that forms during long periods of cold dry weather.

 Greg borrowed a board from parker...

 Ice

 The McMillan

 Emerald Lake

Winter woke up early...

 

This is what October 7, 2011 looked like for me. Was it a day of deep bottomless turns in epic conditions? Nope. But it was fun. It was fun to be hiking in the cold air. Fun to be out sharing the day with a friend. Fun to be back on my snowboard. Fun to be in the mountains.

While there wasn't much snow, there was just enough to make Mike and I smile till our faces hurt. In between the few rocks I found with my board there were some good deep turns. I am ready for winter, but wouldn't mind a few more days out on my mountain bike.

 Like I said, deep enough.