Archive for March, 2012
Utah Gets Some
Never mind that last post. As part of an on-going winter of the weirdest weather I have ever seen, on Saturday we skied dirt in the rain, then on Sunday it turned to bottomless puking snow. The snow totals for this season must look like a person (or a planet) going into cardiac arrest – […]
End of Winter 2012?!
It’s 50 degrees and raining in Summit Park. Alta reportedly lost 3′ of snow over the last week. My front yard is bare and the flower buds are starting to poke up (nothing a ski boot can’t fix). At this time last season we had at least a 5′ base, and growing. Snow is forecast […]
Rob Bishop Comes To Park City – Weds 3/14 7:00pm
Rob Bishop, the Summit County Republican Congressman who underwrote the SkiLink bill and introduced it, will be making an appearance on Wednesday evening at Wasatch Bagel – 1300 Snow Creek Drive in Park City. This is your chance to see Rob up close and express your opinion on SkiLink (signs would be helpful), which may […]
PCMR Sues Talisker
Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) has filed a lawsuit against Talisker, who happens to be their neighbor, competitor and landlord. The crux of the lawsuit is that Talisker recently bought up all the land underneath the Park City ski resort and while PCMR thought their lease was good until 2051, Talisker says that it expired […]
Remembering Steve Romeo
Well damn. Sad news today from Jackson Hole today that Steve Romeo and Chris Onufer were buried and died in an avalanche somewhere in the Grand Teton National Park. I didn’t know Chris, but had spent quite a bit of time with Steve and my thoughts go out to both their families and friends. I […]
Worthwhile Avalanche Video
One positive aspect of being a GoPro nation is that not only are avalanche accidents being documented as they happen, but often times from a variety of camera angles as well. This video does an excellent job showing the reality of being buried alive and the horror or realizing that the victim isn’t wearing a […]
Wasatch PowderKeg – March 10
Cough, gasp, wheeze, groan. Yes, it’s time for the annual Wasatch PowderKeg ski race which is taking place at Brighton next Saturday, March 10. And, not only is it on the 10th, but it is also the 10th annual! I’m psyched to see the tradition live on and the race just seems to get better […]
Fun Weekend
The Pacific Northwest deserves a big round of thanks for sending down such a nice storm last week. Our snowstake showed 2′ of additional base which is settling fast, but definitely helped.
AK Family show – SLC, 3/15
In 1994 I attended a slideshow on climbing Denali at the Black Diamond Equipment shop in Salt Lake City. The show was put on by Conrad Anker and I was there with my good buddy Mark Holbrook, a coworker at BD. One of Conrad’s photos was of the Messner Couloir in all of its glory, […]
SkiLink’s Footprint
Last Thursday I had a chance to head up to Big Cottonwood Canyon and tour through the proposed Talisker SkiLink route. The actual details of this Wasatch abomination have been kept quite, or at least from public view, but by locating the beginning and end points, I was able to generate GPS waypoints of where […]
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