It has just been dumping outside lately so we just had to get out. One of the few places we were comfortable with the avalanche danger was Circle All peak. CJ and I met at 5
:15 at the Big Cottonwood park-n-ride. We listened to the same mix CJ had in the car last time he drove and I continued to not recognize any of it (and to tell you the truth, I didn't have the desire to get to know it). We were surprised to see a couple other cars already at the Butler Fork trail head, but we were happy to see a skin track. There was so much snow that I am sure it took a lot of work. We made our way all the way up Circle All. It was super windy on top with very low temps. We tested the snow stability by trying to set off some cornices and stuff, but could get nothing to go. So we went for it. It was strong. We began our way down only to find that the snow was so ridiculously deep it made it difficult to ski at times. I was on the Insanes so I was able to stay on top more than I would have with any other ski I own, but with 
this much powder it would have taken a surfboard to really stay on top. Check out the sweet photo of me!! I love that shot. We may have moved slowly down the hill because of the deep deep snow, but it was a blast. This was the deepest snow I had ever been in. As you can see from the pictures, there were times when the snow came up to our armpits. It was nuts! I wouldn't want every day to be like this, because it wasn't the easiest to ski, but it certainly was fun this once. Peace.
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