Day 20 - Friday Jan. 12 - A Slow, But Enjoyable Morn

I met CJ and David at Jer's house at 6:30 this morning and we packed into the FJ40 for a morning tour up Big Cottonwood. We all enjoyed the drive up as it was accompanied by the soothing sounds of Tool. Yes, Tool. CJ was bummed out that I didn't admit that last time he drove I didn't mention that Tool was on the mix, so they are the only ones being mentioned this time (it was the same mix). We went up to Circle All Peak. Jer and I had never been here before so we were just following the Whittakers (which, in all seriousness, we do every other time as well). We thought the avy danger might be a little higher today so we wanted to go somewhere very well protected. It turns out that the avy danger is still quite low, but we had a good time all the same. The skin up took a lot longer than usual because of some good conversation. But Jer was just glad we got out. Sometimes it is funny to get talking to someone you think you know a little and you find out they share interests with you that you never would have thought. We all enjoyed the time on the ascent, but it definitely took a lot longer than usual. Our rate of ascent was 7 ft/min. With a total of 1591 ft. ascended (like I said, it was a slow morning). Due to the lack of snow this year we had to navigate our way through an assortment of trees and brush on the downhill, but we still got some killer turns in. But Jer was just glad we got out. I didn't get many photos today, because CJ brought his new camera and took a bunch. I don't know if I will ever see those photos, but if I do I will totally share them with you. We were surprised to pass about 10 people on the way down as they were on their way up. We thought we were the only ones headed up that way today, but we were wrong. It was a nice morning. And Jer was just glad we got out.