A great week

Last week was an Epic, starting with 2 feet of Blower Monday and Tuesday were true Utah powder days. Wednesday came around and Fantasy Ridge treated me right. This Photo is of the second cliff I jumped off over 60 ft that day. I think it was the smaller of the two but also for sure the faster. I was cooking by the time I made it to the ground.

 

Thursday we checked out powder mountain for the first time, 2 laps of cat skiing found us some good snow. Needless to say we broke the first rule on the board... 

It was great to meet up with our old ski coach Mandy.

We burned, then we turned...  a little bit at least.

Exploration till Sun Down

Zach and I had a great day Exploring White Baldy this week. We started late and ended just before it got dark. The snow conditions where all over the place but we managed to find this fun wave like feature to slash before hiking the ridge to the summit. 



If you cant see the passion in for nature, snowboarding, and photography in Zach's eyes look closer its there for sure.

The Pinnacle, Scary and So Fun

No doubt this line is one of the best of my life. I have been eyeing it for a while however its a tough one to get on because it constantly slides or gets melted off. The day I decided to ski it the snow was deep and blower. None the less some rocks got me on my last turn and what was just a big line turned into a crazy fast improvisation creating my first lincoln loop off a cliff. You can see my track on the left of the Pinnacle it comes out through the trees at the bottom of the cliff.

I was coming in fast riding the tails to try and avoid the shallow rocks on the break over.

None the less cranking on my last turn I couldn't help but get white roomed. That same moment my upper ski clipped the rock.

Here you can imagine I was running out of options. I was pretty much looking at the cliff, thinking, I don't want to roll down those rocks, then the trees, shit, I cant hit those trees.

So I popped off my downhill ski and flowed with it.

Yep I just flipped right out of danger right back to my feet.

Before I knew it I was zooming out of my bomb hole through a narrow gap in the trees into more pow turns.

Its moments like these that make me love skiing. Living life on the edge, creating unforgettable experiences, and being forced to act with mere milliseconds of time to make a decision.

Back Country Partners

Darren is one of my best ski buddys, we have been getting it done together since elementary school. Im gonna miss him at the end of the month when he heads off for 8 months of travel in Latin America.

Zach is pretty much the only snowboarder that I ski with. He is very motivated in the back country this year hiking on a split board and getting out all over the Wasatch. He has a web site with some great photos its worth a look,

Zachclantonphotography.com