Day 25 - Tuesday Feb 5 - Super Tuesday

Jer met me at my house at 4:45 this morning. Since Eric called me last night and informed me that he was not going to be able to take me home from school, I decided to drive today. We met CJ, Has, Matt Cline, Mark, and Evan at the mouth of Big Cottonwood. After some deliberation, we decided to ski Flagstaff and we were on our way. There was another group that got to the trailhead right when we got there, but they were headed a different way. When we began skinning we did not realize we had started our skin track right on top of a car that was completely covered in snow. We made sure not to scratch it, though. We traded off breaking trail with several requests for me to continue since I was on some prototype Asylums that are 126mm under foot. But it ended just like it always does - with CJ taking the brunt of the work. We took our first lap down into Days Fork which was great. I do have to admit, though, that this super wide ski with no sidecut is less than ideal. I just had a hard time getting it to turn like I wanted it to. I felt like I was bullying it around all morning when I was supposed to be just riding it out. I still managed to get some great turns, however. We then skinned back up to the top with the help of a skintrack by some dudes that had followed our skintrack on the South face. Evan, Jer, and I then traversed a little East down the ridge and found a great South facing line to hit. It was beautiful. The light was really cool and we really got some great turns. I don't even know what to say. I feel like every time I go out I am using the same adjectives to describe it. I guess you really just have to be out there to understand that this is the best winter in the Wasatch I can remember. The snow just keeps coming and my turns have never been better. If you have the means, I would highly recommend getting out there.