Big Cottonwood Canyon: My cabin, up Silver Fork to the top of Meadow Chutes and reverse.
Elevations: 7,725′ – 9,700′
This one started at the front door.
Noice. Somebody broke trail for us.
Met up with Robin…
And made some new friends. The Commander, The Apprentice and The Infidel.
At 60, these guys are killing it. Hope im doin the same thing at that age.
Our column on a northeast aspect.
The results of a column test. No shearing and the snow seemed to bond well with the last storm. That Thanksgiving crust & facet sandwich is still there and its still possible to trigger full depth slides. The shovel is extended and just barely touching the ground.
I bring this in the event of a Wolverine encounter.
On top lookin down towards Solitude.
If i was a skier, this woulda been a phatty ground score.
i hate you and your massive quantities of snow… i had fun chillin over break… that saw blade could also be useful for the occasional manbearpig encounter
wow man, I’m ridiculously envious. you have to take me out there when we come in march. wow.
so, did you leave the skis there or what?
Can I just say that I look at your pictures often because I see you posting them on the mini-feed on facebook and I totally want to live your life haha. You must be having a blast. Keep posting your pictures; they’re great!
“And made some new friends. The Commander, The Apprentice and The Infidel.
At 60, these guys are killing it. Hope im doin the same thing at that age.”
Hey, I want to tell you you made the day for these guys (at least my buddy, the Apprentice) with this comment !!
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