At 5:00 am there was no snow at my home in Sugarhouse. I was somewhat disappointed. I was hoping for the storm to hit overnight and Jer and I would be able to reap the benefits before anyone else got around to it. This did not seem to be the case as I got in my car to go pick up Jer. We thought amongst ourselves that Patsy Marley would have a good amount of snow and quick access for a dawn patrol such as today. We listened to The White Stripes - White Blood Cells as we were lightly snow on
during the drive up. The snow was a welcome guest, but we had hoped for it just a few hours earlier. It was nice to see the only other people headed up were on snow shoes and probably weren't going as far as we were. We made the trek up Patsy only to find that the snow remained from last week's storm and was surprisingly soft! We were able to grab three laps before Jer got tir
ed and wimped out. We did cross a track here and there from others over the week (all of which were dusted over by wind blown snow and the whopping inch we received by the time we got there), but it wasn't bad by any means. The snow was super soft and enjoyable. The visability was high as were our spirits this morning. It was nice to get out with just Jer again as this was basically the story of my touring experience last season. We went to a gift shop up at Alta after the turns and I bought a vintage ski poster of a super sweet photo of Alf Engen standing in front of Mt. Superior. I want to use this sort of idea for the skis I am building. I think they could turn out to be super cool. We cooled down on the drive out of the canyon to the sounds of Joanna Newsom - Ys. I know I have listened to her already this year (although it was a different album), but let's be serious - she is amazing. Have you listened to this new album of hers? If your answer was no then you seriously need to check it out. Peace out.
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