Chasing Snow Traps

 Tis the season to be chasing snow traps... After the false start a couple of weeks ago it mostly has been too warm and marginal amounts of precipitation at best. Having said that the last mini storm did improve skiing conditions (in places spectacularly) on mid-to-high mountain north-facing snow traps. The trick is to find ones that are not all skied out. This will involve longer approaches and only the ones that know how to keep a secret will keep enjoying them. Here are some pictures from yesterday (Click to enlarge):

What a north-facing Wasatch
snow trap looks like.

Loki on the PC ridgeline. 

Loki patiently posing while I shoot away.

There are good objectives out there but they sure require
a fair amount of climbing/walking/skinning.

First Tours of the 2020/2021 Season

 after last week's storm, we had a decent snowpack for a while there. So we went out for the typical pre-season in-resort-but-unopened-therefore-backcountry kind of situation. There was enough snow to get a few turns out of the Canyons now PCMR. here a few pictures (click to enlarge):

First uptrack of the season at Boa.

Mike enjoying his transition...

...as well as Loki and yours truly.

Some snow on Cardiac Ridge in Days Fork...

...and on Wilson chutes.

It's starting to look a lot like winter!

 With two to three feet already on the ground on favored spots of the Wasatch and another one to two feet scheduled for Saturday's system it's starting to look a lot like winter. 

This pic, taken this morning, is of a small no-name hill at 8,200 feet: