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2024-01-21 Skiing the Church

After a drought for a good portion of December and the beginning of January a huge storm cycle brought lots of new snow and water weight to the snowpack. This unfortunately ramped up a persistent weak layer in the snowpack so skiing lower angle and more treed slopes has been the wise choice. On Saturday […]

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2023-12 Bozeman Ice Fest

December 1–10, 2023 I decided to head up to the Bozeman Ice Fest this year. It has been a couple years since I was there and I didn’t have any work responsibilities so I thought it would be a nice time to go. I opted to go up the weekend before and stay with Case. […]

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2023-04-05 Grandeur Ski

A late post. We got to ski a mountain just on the edge of Salt Lake this winter. I thought the window had closed on skiing this peak this year, but a n early April dump of snow put it back into condition and we got up super early to get it done on a […]

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2023-04-23 Henry Mtns Skiing

April 23, 2023 Keeping the winter vibes and skiing theme going, Carly and I headed south to tick off a ski zone that I’ve wanted to explore since reading about it in the Utah ski guidebook. The main allure of the Henry Mountains is their status of some of the most remote and undisturbed terrain […]

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2023-04-15 Deseret Peak

With the record snow year we’ve had in Utah I’ve been psyched about doing some spring skiing. Deseret Peak, to the west of Salt Lake City, has a pair of couloirs that face north and are easy, as far as couloirs go. The trick is the road is closed about 4 miles from the true […]