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nice Nic..haha…missed you today bro!!
Headed up into Neffs today
Wasatch Surf skinning up
Tolcat…its the new Beartrap 🙂 …Good for about 800ft then meh
But a very good 800 ft, filled in nicely
Back into Neffs
Wasatch Surf Slashing
Back up another
Dropping
Wasatch Surf getting deep…rode very nice!!
Couloirs were filled in nicely and rode great. Perfect amount of new snow to make it manageable to ride steeper lines. Seems like this zone has been getting hit hard lately but maybe it always has, dont venture up there too often. Down lower on the exit out old tracks were visible and a thin crust noticeable.
Evidence of Couloirs already naturally sluffing/shedding during the storm cycle was reassuring during the boot up. No instabilities noted today, didnt even get any sluffs to run. Graupel snow and pooling noted on the upper halves of the Couloirs.
As always, great action pic’s Dave
This past storm was pretty devastating at mid-elevation. Got out briefly on Saturday, but storm riding has never been my thing. Nothing has changed, it was miserable and soul crushingly dour to put it mildly.
Sunday I headed up to Mirror Lake highway. Broke trail for about ten miles in total, both north and south of the highway.
In the morning I headed north up along the west ridge of a promising canyon. The opportunities for lapping good powder were endless. Being that I was solo and quite far from assistance, I took a pass on most every line.
Though as I stood contemplating my acceptable risk for a descent I noticed movement across from me on the adjacent slope, where to my delight a juvenile cougar was making her way up the steep mountainside in deep powder. A true gift to behold.After a short but rewarding descent into the canyon I made the long slog south back to the highway. Arriving at my truck I couldn’t help feeling like I’d put in a hell of a lot of work for very little snurfing, so I crossed the highway and ascended the north facing ridge to the south. Although I was beat down and took a hard fall, I was treated to good powder most of the way back to my ride.
Endless lines north of the highway
Looking north to where I’d just come from and looking forward to riding back to my truck, lower right
Tired curmudgeon selfie
Dave’s photos were way better than mine. Which sucks considering I carried my stupid DSLR around all day.
Nice morning skinning up Neffs
Really fun to tick off a line that everyone in the valley stares out day in and day out.
Memorial #2 was deep
Memorial #1 was also epic
Beautiful day today! Was a little skeptical about hitting south facing lines but it ended up being about as good as good gets.
Headed up to South Lone Peak and Bighorn Peak today with Wasatch Surf
Got about a 6:15 skin start…getting there
Our next line, Bighorn in the background
Wasatch Surf heading down…Great turns, settled pow, rode great.
Looking at our first line down South Lone Peak
On Bighorn
Wasatch Surf surfing Bighorn
sigs
fun buttery turns literally right to the car, super fun exit lots of wind lips and jumps
Overall turns were way better then expected, snow up high remained un-crusted creamy pow, and everything that was crusted down lower softened by the time of our exit making for some fun buttery turns down to the car. surface hoar kept the snow riding fast.
Snow was heating up so didn’t want to overstay our welcome made sure to be off the slopes by the time things started moving. Again very surprised by the snow quality on the exit out mostly creamy settled pow -take care!
Wow, that’s a good zone. I’ll bet there are ten car loads of dork’s down there today wallowing in the mank . Glad you guys got it in great conditions, looks really fun.
Back to the Uintas on Saturday. No action shots, just scenic interpretations of lapping low angle trees in good snow. Looking forward to camping at this zone this spring.
Glyphs in the trees
Earth, Wind, Water
Swoosh
and on down the next pitch
North facing still holding great snow…off the very beaten path
James
(me)thanks Jake!…stolen from your instagram feed hope thats ok
Jake
Wasatch Surf
its stable, take care!Cool pics and videos guys. I love seeing all of this stoke. Magical.
Spent my evening carpet surfing and making some mods on some old boots I picked up on KSL. Hoping to get out again soon.
Nice Whitepine!
Here are some photos of our foray up Lone Peak/Bighorn. I have stared at those faces since I moved to Utah and always wanted to put a track down them. So lucky to get it in those conditions. A season’s worth of terrain over there.
First view of our objective
Dave with Lone Peak looming above
After some gorgeous alpine skinning we arrived at the South Summit
Dave making his way off the summit for 3,000ft of cream
Nice to see snow this year
Our next objective, which was the better line
Dave scoping the line below
Sick!
Lines
Freedom of the Hills
Taken from the Walgreens parking lot in Alpine
Easily one of the best days I’ve had in the Wasatch. Mellow terrain, but it was so nice to get in the sun and rack up some vert.
Headed up/down to Nebo today with Wasatch Surf
NW couloir in view
view of the ridge…boot, skin, boot….switched over to skinning here
Nebo summit, soaking in the views
NW couloir, tender moments…took it slow, entrance was pretty thin, one little snaggletooth rock could end your day here
Snow was variable, with some wind buff and soft settled pow.
This one has been on the list for a while and it was great to be able to ride it in good conditions (by big(ger) terrain standards). From the semi-stuck parking spot to about 8K we kept a good pace, but from 8k to about 10,800 seemed like it took for-ev-er….Once on the ridge proper it was super fun, transitioned back to skiining (after a couple hundred feet of booting up some loose scree) over to the steeper section, then broke out the crampons and ice axe to the summit. Probably not necessary but still fun to use sharp objects on mini-golf alpine terrain. Lots of exposed rock from winds and sun. Dropping in from the summit required a bit of caution due to thin coverage and snagging a rock that would pitch you over the handlebars. After a side slipping and few slow moving turns it was business as usual.
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