grouse

they’ll hide under a foot of fresh powder,
without showing a trace of their presence


then flutter up in a furry,
as soon as you ski on over

the coriolis effect

from the magic city



to cole creek



and everything



in between

i'm on my way up to montana



and i’m bringing the kitchen sink

wolverine cirque

orange aspen

mill b to butler

playing cards

it’s not the cards you're dealt



but your perception of the game

it's snowing!

and an ideal day to have gone swimming

dry fork

scoping the cirque


with five stock trailers parked at the trailhead
walter and i had a bet going
as to how many cow dogs we'd see on the trail

there were three, which gave us a good laugh.

broads fork

today i cached some food and fuel
in possibly my favorite place in the Wasatch



things were looking rather lean,
except for the blue ice!

election day

today I had a nice tour on Mount Olympus.


five hours CTC.

the NW precinct (aka Medusa Face) had been weighing on my mind, so I thought I’d check it out,



along with the character of candidates like the Zeus Chute and Apollo Couloir



but my vote goes to the Memorial Couloirs

cardiff camp

contrary to the Pleasant Grove website,
the Alpine Loop road has been gated.
so after driving down to Timpanogos,
I returned to Little Cottonwood,
and decided to make use of my perfectly packed rucksack,
for a few days of skiing around uncommonly quiet Cardiff.