Christian and I decided not to get out there until the skies had cleared and we had good light for filming. That meant we wouldn't even hit the trail head until closer to 10:00 am. This was a nice change of pace as Christian usually likes to meet at his place around the wonderful hour of 6:00 am.
The day was great with beautiful bluebird skies and a foot of 5% Utah blower powder on a minimal snowpack of unconsolidated snow. Christian did his usual "skirt the main path" routine and we ended up getting a little bushwhacking in. Nothing like climbing through a tough thicket first day out to get you ready for a full season.
Now the skinning, on the other hand, kicked my butt as I haven't done any cardio in close to 2 months. I knew that'd be the case, so I just pushed on.
I had a couple of good face shots and Christian had some sweet powder bursts. The snow, was great. All the hidden shark tooths, ie rocks, weren't. I seemed to hit a rock on every turn and that sucked. Fortunately my Nomads held up to the "Wasatch Tune" I gave them. I did hit a pretty good rock right when I started a turn going at a decent speed and ended up face planting. Luckily I didn't hit my face on hidden rocks. And for you, luckily we caught it on tape.
Look for my season goals and my first skiing video edit to come out in the next day or two. For now, here are some pics:
Christian a.k.a "The Dude" now resorting to bushwhacking after deadending us
Traci, The Dude's cool wife
Looking up at Flagstaff
Me setting up the camera with a nice sun flare
Wolverine Cirque in the Background
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