Sunrise (O’Sullivan) Peak February 19, 2008

July 12, 2008

As the snow melts in the Wasatch I sit here thinking about the great season we were blessed with.  This tour was one of the high points of the season.  We had a melt freeze cycle which consolidated the snowpack and allowed us to ski some burly lines not usually skiable during the middle of winter.  The line Derek, Drew and I chose to ski is the Southwest facing colouir coming off Sunrise Peak which sits between the Twins and Dromedary.  We accessed this line by climbing up Tanners and traversing on the knife edged ridge over to Sunrise.  Scary exposure, 50 foot rappels, corn and powder skiing.  All in all a great day out in the Wasatch.

Our Route

Drew and I on our way up Tanners

Our route over from Dromedary

Some more climbing…

A view from the top.

Now we get to ski, me making a turn.

Drew skiing some pow on a shaded aspect.

Can you find me, looking like an ant?

The Crux of the line…

Almost down to the bottom after a few thousand vert of skiing the Y-Couloir greets us from across the road.

Skiing in the Wasatch: Spring and Summer 2008

June 30, 2008

This winter we were blessed in the Wasatch with an incredibly deep snowpack. Little Cottonwood received over 600 inches of the Best Snow on Earth. This translates into great skiing into the spring and summer months in both the Wasatch backcountry and at Snowbird. We are still skiing as of the end of June and I plan to be making turns in August. Enjoy the photos.

Turns in Mineral Basin April 3, 2008

Broom Closet was good to go April 3, 2008

The Crew rocking BC.com gear at the Bird May 23, 2008

1…2…3… Dropping, into Silver Fox May 23, 2008

Mike and I riding Gad 2, Life is Good May 23, 2008

Wolverine Cirque Looking Good June 18, 2008

Looking down at my line, can you feel the pucker factor? June 18, 2008

Skiing Grannys in Wolvie June 18, 2008

Suicide Couloir Mt. Superior June 19, 2008

John Gilchrist Retail Gearhead Booting up June 19, 2008

JGilchrist Shredding the Gnar known as Suicide Couloir June 19, 2008

Me shredding Suicide….June 19, 2008

Skinning towards Main Chute(skinning on grass is just part of the game) June 26, 2008

Booting up Main Chute June 26, 2008

Skiing Main Chute a little camera tilt action going on June 26, 2008

Price and American Fork July 4, 2008

My buddy Josh and I decided to do some riding down in Price, Utah on the 4th. Fuzzy a local bike shop owner has been slaving away creating sick singletrack down in Price for the last couple years. He has been trying to let people see the potential of what he has created and what is still to come. Josh and I headed down to Price nice and early at 6am to be there in time for the ride at 9am. We rode for about 3 hours, got some lunch and headed back to SLC. On the way back we decided to stop in American Fork and do a quick 6 mile loop, the riding was awesome. Even without fireworks this 4th of July was a blast…

Josh taking a rest, notice the mountain rising up from the desert in the background.

Luke’s Trail is strewn with fun technical rock drops, me partaking.

Josh riding one of the rock drops.

Fuzzy Pedaling up Lukes.

Now onto American Fork, I had heard the riding wasn’t that great because some of the trails were destroyed by dirtbikes and atvs. But the singletrack that was good was spectacular. Here are some of the better shots from the day.

Mighty Mount Timpanogos on our way to American Fork from Price

Some downhill action, this rooted section was fun.

Making a turn, need to lean a bit more.

Josh putting the single in Singletrack…

Another great view of Timp from the top of our ride, the wild flowers are in full effect.

Glenwild Loop 5-19-2008

Rode Glenwild, Cobblestone and Flying Dog are still snow covered and wet, but Glenwild was super tacky and fun. Just took a few scenics today, no action shots.

Park City in the background covered with snow still

Shot of the Canyons as seen from Glenwild

Bonneville Shoreline Trail, First Ride 3-29-08

This was my first ride of the season, the skiing was still great. That being said it was nice to get out for a ride after 100 days of skiing and awesome snow.

Looking down onto SLC from BST

Still alot of snow in the Wasatch

Never really blogged before so I guess we will see how it goes. I have tons of pictures from all of the adventures I have been a part of. Who knows if I can actually put together coherent words to go along with them though. Wish me luck…