Screen Shots from GoPro

Over the last four days the snow has been amazing. We finally have some good coverage. To celebrate the storm, and the week of Christmas, I was able to ride with a bunch of people I don't see too often.

Left: I met Chris Coulter this week. He is a great rider and a way nice guy.
Right: Parker about to drop into a chute on the Cirque

Monday took me to the Canyons with these yoohoos. Tanner and Mo.

I spent Tuesday showing Torah and Nate Love around the Bird. Erin took a few laps with us but needed a break this run.

DEEP!

Jonas and Glen Harris... A father son duo. Left: Jonas smashed into the tram
Right: Glen pulling from his yoga knowledge

Jonas dropping in.

Shooting Photos

The storm continued to bring it in. We ended up with a heavy snow with very high water content due to the warm temperatures the southerly flow brought with it. The higher elevations provided some lighter snow but as you descended into warmer temperatures the snow became heavier. It took a bit more effort to stay afloat and by the end of the day my legs were fried.

We decided to shoot photos yesterday to slow our pace down a little. The new layer of snow that had fallen overnight was lighter than the previous day's. We met up with a few guys for a bit and hiked baldy a few times. The snow in there was too good to allow stopping for photos. All these were taken by Parker.

Getting Deep

The beginnings of the storm brought in a little bit of fresh. We spent a lot of the day in Mineral Basin making the traverse out to the Bookends. It was deep, soft, and sunny. Such a fun day of riding.

Left: The windward side of the mountain was totally socked in and cloudy
Right: The Leeward side of the mountain had blue skies

May 1st... even deeper

It just keeps coming. This storm brought our snow totals for the year to 564 inches. Which is great. As I sit here at my computer on this Sunday morning there is another 15 inches that has fallen within the last 12 hours. Better late than never.

I got to ride with a fun group of people yesterday. The turns were bottomless and it was waist deep. The above picture is me in the middle of a turn. As you can tell this wasn't the thick, heavy spring powder that would normally fall in the month of May. It was early February snow, soft and fluffy.

Got your nose.

couldn't have been a better day.