Winter time and the livin is easy…. not like paris hilton easy…

With many SLC locals the minute the snow starts flying the drool begins to roll out of their respective mouths, dreaming of deep pow and wicked good times with friends. As soon as the snow pack allows it many (myself included) run for the local resorts to slide on the white fluffy stuff, or jib brah!

Don’t get me wrong I think that anything that happens on two sticks sliding on snow at some point is awesome but I was raised to make turns and spend my days on a never ending quest for that next deep turn. It is a horrible addiction that is filled with sore thighs, smile-itis, and stories that always relay a smile quickly to the storytellers face.

Look Ma! My Dental Hygiene is better than most due to a high intake of frozen crystailized H2O!

Well with a crew that had already sessioned the day before (Simon- the ginger, Aron- Accountabillabuddy, and the Knucledragger) we knew what we were up for, good turns on a pretty solid base. We left the car at about 9:dirtyish and began the hike. We headed up the hill with about 30 other people that showed up at the parking lot and got ready during the break. Alta is the place for early season turns with the greatest vert reward for the mellow hike.

If you follow the pack your bound to get tracked out turns…and a stinky hike if they have ate Mexican or Thai in the last 12 hours…

This is a powder shot… Next time I’m paying some one to shoot pictures because I suck at taking them…

Since I was late getting up there I rushed two runs, and those were for the powder slut inside every skier. After that it was time to hike a little higher and get some more vert. With a ton of smiles and powder grins for miles, I along with the rest of the people that I traveled up the canyon with decided to call it a day.  With that day over I thought that my need for turns was cured at least until the bull wheels started spinning in a few weeks. The problem was that I need more. I decided a couple days later to head back up for more turns. I got up and pushed for the top of baldy.  The hike started like many in the GMD Parking lot with only a few die hards and others that were just looking for a way to keep busy. I didn’t bring my camera this time figuring that I suck at taking pictures and that a gopro would say more than a few photos. Although I didn’t make it to Main Chute like I had planned I still made it about three quarters of the way up baldy. When it is nipple deep and you are boot packing it is usually a good time to start the down trek. The turns up high were okay and down low it was starting to get a little sticky. With a long hike done I think that I can be okay with hanging in the valley until the bullwheels at the resorts start to spin. Or until the next good sized storm hits….

Hoping that the weather changes soon and I can get some more pow up LCC sooner that later.

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