Despite the lack of snow in recent weeks, Jer and I made our way up to Alta this morning. We knew there wasn't going to be much up there, but we wanted to get out. It had just been too long. We were debating between skiing Silverfork, Cardiff, Grizzly, or Alta. Since the others were going to require a substantial hike in with out the aid of skins, only to find crappy snow conditions, we decided upon Alta where we could skin the whole way to find crappy snow conditions.
We skinned to the top of Wildcat and found that once we reached the snow that was in the sun, it was soft enough to actually be pretty fun skiing. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't great, but I can honestly say that it was the softest snow I have skied since July. We were both happy with our turns. Things are looking up for this season. Skiing down the rest of the mountain was just as we had expected - frozen, hard, and choppy.
It certainly was a good time, however. It was fun to be out skinning and skiing again. I know I said that last month, but I just love it. When we reached the bottom, there were several groups of kids jibbing. They were going off jumps, doing rails, and this traffic barrier that was on the mountain. Jer simply could not pass this up. The following three video clips are Jer's three attempts at rail sliding the traffic barrier (notice the Gifford boys from my ward in videos #1 and #2).
Despite the lack of snow in recent weeks, Jer and I made our way up to Alta this morning. We knew there wasn't going to be much up there, but we wanted to get out. It had just been too long. We were debating between skiing Silverfork, Cardiff, Grizzly, or Alta. Since the others were going to require a substantial hike in with out the aid of skins, only to find crappy snow conditions, we decided upon Alta where we could skin the whole way to find crappy snow conditions. 
We skinned to the top of Wildcat and found that once we reached the snow that was in the sun, it was soft enough to actually be pretty fun skiing. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't great, but I can honestly say that it was the softest snow I have skied since July. We were both happy with our turns. Things are looking up for this season. Skiing down the rest of the mountain was just as we had expected - frozen, hard, and choppy. 
It certainly was a good time, however. It was fun to be out skinning and skiing again. I know I said that last month, but I just love it. When we reached the bottom, there were several groups of kids jibbing. They were going off jumps, doing rails, and this traffic barrier that was on the mountain. Jer simply could not pass this up. The following three video clips are Jer's three attempts at rail sliding the traffic barrier (notice the Gifford boys from my ward in videos #1 and #2).
OK, I thin I get it - Jer's attempt is kind of like a metaphor for your blog: you keep trying and failing but you'll keep going anyway, right?
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