Bottomless Powder

I'm calling it the best day of the year!  Others call it "epic"; "bottomless"; "today was as good as it gets"; and "DEEP!"  Turnagain Pass received about 30"+ of loose, low density, bottomless, unconsolidated snow last Sunday/Monday.

Today we reaped the benefits of that storm by setting the skin track and breaking trail with JD and B-real.

-15F at the truck, we made quick time, little stops and hammered it out until we got into the sun.  And a lot of folks gave thanks!  I actually had one guy say "we should have to pay a toll".

This was your toll:  First Tracks!

The sock monkey gave me good luck on a phenomenal day.  But he didn't keep my feet warm.  I returned to the truck walking on two blocks of east coast ice.  Riding the "Mattawatts".

Justin and I after tending to our crops....(get it? farming our turns!)

I've got two weeks break to help a friend a build a cabin, and drill.  Gotta love it!

Cuttin' Skins

So I finally put my new Black Diamond Ascension Nylon Split STS Climbing Skins on the "Mattawatts".  This is to give thanks to Ullr (and Mr. Claus!) for 14" of nice fresh new snow which blanketed the Anchorage Front Range!  Bout dang time after three back-to-back Chinooks.

Hopefully i'll test out the new boards on a dawn patrol (Dawn Patrol: Verb, noun. To extricate oneself from bed at ungodly hours of the morning in an attempt to bring some life to a mind numbing corporate existence) tomorrow morning before the Christmas Eve festivities.

Hopefully i'll post some Christmas Stoke!  Happy Holidays!

New Boards

I apologize, I think all of this rain was my fault.  I got my new skis mounted on Friday, and woke up on Saturday to heavy rainfall and Hurricane force winds (Beaufort Force 12, or Category 2 Hurricane force winds according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale)

Shown above is the Black Diamond "Mattawatt", with the Dynafit Vertical ST binding.

Now all we need is a big powder day.  This reminds me of last February's "anti-tracks".  I'm calling it the DMFC - "December Melt-Freeze Crust", and at lower elevations you might even find some DRC - "December Rain Crust".