Test video

So I just got a Go Pro HD helmet cam and wanted to test it out yesterday with all the new snow we got over the past week. To be exact we got 7 feet in seven days. That helped our base tremendously but more so calmed the nerves of all that felt this winter was going to be a bust. The snow will always come but not always in the amounts we want. So anyway this video is the first two runs from yesterday. Definitely nothing spectacular but it was just a test run. Oh, one thing I don't like about all the new snow is it makes many of our favorite features much smaller and brings out "Joe Gnarly" is mass amounts. Can't complain though, just got to accept it. I'm hoping to make it out in the slackcountry as soon as conditions permit but until then it's inbounds fun.

Winter Woes

So it has been a very slow winter for me. Utah hasn't been getting anywhere close to the normal amount of snow. In fact I read last night on the Utah Avalanche website that the Wasatch is at 50% of normal. That sucks....... but it's bound to happen sometime. So I've been picky about the days that I ski because I want to continue to stay healthy and strong and I've found out that skiing hardpack aggressively day after day takes a toll on my and eternally sore tibias. I think actually the shin bang wouldn't return as fast if I didn't ski with my friends who feel its necessary to approach the cirque traverse at around 60 mph and keep that speed up even though there is a bombardment of uneven ice chunder mixed in with some pepper and twigs. I guess its all about finding the line through there, the line in which I have not found yet. Beside that the inbounds is fun as long as you keep the edges sharp and stay on edge. So what have I been doing? Well I ski about every other day and I continue to lift but I've also started a new term this week so I'm now trying to get ahead because next week there is supposed to be a pattern shift in the weather and I'm really looking forward to any new snow that comes our way. I've also just put together a slideshow located to the right of this post. Click on it and it will go full screen, I think. Just some pics of soft snow because we don't have any. Enjoy.