I was beginning to get a little bummed out about the weather this week thinking it was ruining all my climbing plans. Then I remembered that I ski. I am a skier. I can use this moisture to my advantage and slide around on it in its semi-frozen state. Cody came over to my house around 2:00 this afternoon. He borrowed a pair of Insanes and Switchbacks so he could get his tele on. We then headed up to Alta for some afternoon runs. We skinned back up to the Gunsight bowl where Jer and I skied on the first. Visibility was very low so we found a line that had some trees nearby that would give us some sort of reference point. When we began skiing we found the snow to be very interesting. There was about 10" of new snow, but it was not bonding well with the old stuff. As soon as we put any weight on to try to ski it would just move down the mountain. It didn't even slide like I would expect it to. It was as if a s
mall wave would just steadily creep down the mountain stopping just as quickly as it started. This made the steep areas difficult to ski; not because of the moving snow, but because we ended up skiing on the old layer of snow which was a collection of snow, ice, and dirt from that big wind storm we had about a month ago. It wasn't until we reached the lower angle stuff that the skiing began to really excel. I was surprised on how much fun it was. This is May 22. What's the story? My last real ski day last year was May 4. The rest of the summer required avid searching for snow. This year may be considerably easier with the fact that Alta still has a 130" base. Some chutes may never melt this year. We did a second lap on the lower section since that was all that was worth it. The CodeMan is really coming along with his telemarking. He was looking good today as you can see from the photos. We had a good time up hiking around and skiing again today. It has been three
weeks since I last skied and it seems like it had been a lifetime. I felt out of shape and as though I had forgotten how to ski (although I remembered rather quickly). I think the weather is supposed to clear up tomorrow so I am hoping I can get out climbing before I head down to Spring City for the weekend. I will be back up here on Monday so if any of you are looking for a climbing partner... I will be available. On Ski.
I was beginning to get a little bummed out about the weather this week thinking it was ruining all my climbing plans. Then I remembered that I ski. I am a skier. I can use this moisture to my advantage and slide around on it in its semi-frozen state. Cody came over to my house around 2:00 this afternoon. He borrowed a pair of Insanes and Switchbacks so he could get his tele on. We then headed up to Alta for some afternoon runs. We skinned back up to the Gunsight bowl where Jer and I skied on the first. Visibility was very low so we found a line that had some trees nearby that would give us some sort of reference point. When we began skiing we found the snow to be very interesting. There was about 10" of new snow, but it was not bonding well with the old stuff. As soon as we put any weight on to try to ski it would just move down the mountain. It didn't even slide like I would expect it to. It was as if a s
mall wave would just steadily creep down the mountain stopping just as quickly as it started. This made the steep areas difficult to ski; not because of the moving snow, but because we ended up skiing on the old layer of snow which was a collection of snow, ice, and dirt from that big wind storm we had about a month ago. It wasn't until we reached the lower angle stuff that the skiing began to really excel. I was surprised on how much fun it was. This is May 22. What's the story? My last real ski day last year was May 4. The rest of the summer required avid searching for snow. This year may be considerably easier with the fact that Alta still has a 130" base. Some chutes may never melt this year. We did a second lap on the lower section since that was all that was worth it. The CodeMan is really coming along with his telemarking. He was looking good today as you can see from the photos. We had a good time up hiking around and skiing again today. It has been three
weeks since I last skied and it seems like it had been a lifetime. I felt out of shape and as though I had forgotten how to ski (although I remembered rather quickly). I think the weather is supposed to clear up tomorrow so I am hoping I can get out climbing before I head down to Spring City for the weekend. I will be back up here on Monday so if any of you are looking for a climbing partner... I will be available. On Ski.
go cody! woo woo! feel the power!!
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