It was surprisingly good snow on the north east face, the winds were coming from the west and cross loaded (gently) all the little snow that had accumulated. 

The video of Wade and My snowbird ski day is up in SD and HD for those
interested.

no, not smell the glove.  Im posting a few raw clips from my last 2 snowbird outings (with the brothers and with wade)  Edited versions are coming, but here is what you get in the mean time.

Note:  The First set with the Brothers was dense think 12%  the other was lighter 7-8%.  What a difference!

Ooops, looks like they are all in HD.  the playback might not be so smooth.  I will have the edits up soon anway soo....

Tomorrow is looking pretty good for a dawn patrol for those who dont
mind getting up at the BC of D for a little powder. I, thinking 5 AM
departure and a 830 return time. Any takers? Email me at
patrickprich@gmail.com

Wade and I had a great tour this Saturday up into bear trap gulch in BCC.  Bear trap is a great little spot because the terrain is mild and safe from wind mostly.  The danger rose told us Northwest was yellow and so we decided mild northwest was the way to go.  The trouble with bear trap is that its deceptively long.

In reality its only maybe 2 miles or so, but it gains relentlessly.

from about 7500 to over 9700 feet.  It basically, it takes you from the bottom of The Canyons resort to the top (literally, the ninety-nine ninety lift is basically at the top)

Its a mild jaunt through the trees to the first clearing

Its about here you think you are half way...its not true.















Here is wade enjoying a little drink "half way" up
Getting to the top involves starting up a major climb that strains the ol' legs...or at least my weak ones.  When we got to the top we noticed wind damage but very mild, we also noted by the frost on the trees that we were on the windward side of the ridge, which was great news for us.  The snow at the very top was more damaged but since it was windward we were too worried about slabs.  We stopped for a little lunch and dropped in.

Its only about a third of a mile drop, and about 600 of drop, but its great terrain, a very mild roll in that goes to about 30 degrees max.  It was nice and soft too, maybe 8% and about 14 inches of the the stuff.  We were thinking about lapping, but my legs were toast, so we went down, which is a lot more fun and less scary with new snow.
Here is a few pics wade took.  The thing on my shoulder is the GoPro Camera.



This is the decent plot just for the fun part, and its a little...uh..special.

Anyway, watch the video above to see it, and I will keep you posted on any new outing we have coming up. 

you bet! Lets get out this saturday for what will likely be a very good
tour day. Times and location TBD subject to weather playing nice. If
you are interested (even remotely) please email me at
Patrickprich@gmail.com so i can know who to plan on.

Wade and I did Patsy Marly This saturday morning. It was a good day to
be out, green lights, warm conditions and pretty decent snow quality all
things considered. Enjoy the movie from above. Sorry i didn't get any
good shots of wade, i was experimenting with the gopro. I need to do a
few alterations to the camera position...but i like the overhead shots.
Anyway....enjoy.