Jer picked me up at 4:45 this morning. We met Matt at the mouth of Big Cottonwood. Codeman was supposed to meet us there, but was nowhere to be seen. We waited the allotted 5 minutes and then even gave him an extra 2 before we were on our way. We got some new snow over the weekend, but it was super sunny and hot yesterday so I wanted t
o get somewhere that was going to be protected... Butler Fork. Yes, I know we have been there a number of times this year. In fact, I would venture to say that Butler has become this year's
Patsy of yesteryear. When we got out of the car it was pitch black outside. We could not see anything until we opened the car door again to find our headlamps. That was pretty cool. We skinned around and up to Circle Awl peak. During the skin we found some variable conditions depending on what aspect you were on. We came to the conclusion that we had to ski a specific aspect in order to get some decent turns. We transitioned on the peak with light blooming from beyond the hills. I finally figured out my new video camera last night, so the first video you see below is my first person footage from this morning and the second is Jer making some turns... and a fool of himself. We were able to make two quick laps before we had to get on our way back to 
school. The second lap was just as good as the first. The snow was soft and the turns were fluid. I tried to follow the other two for some cool footage down the hill, but it only recorded the first couple of seconds. So I didn't get that shot. Oh, well. I will have plenty more opportunities to do so. It was a good morning. On ski.
Not only does your first-person video capture the total lamoid that you are via the "whoo," but it also manages to make telemark skiing in the backcountry look slow and boring. Congratulations, I didn't think the latter was possible.
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