Pictures: Spring Break Ski Trip
I spent four days earlier this week skiing in Utah with some friends. We all skied at Snowbird, except for one day when I got an Alta pass and headed over the mountain to check it out. I had borrowed a video camera from a friend to try and get some handheld skiing footage, which seemed to work fairly well until I accidentally dropped it in some deep powder on some steep terrain and couldn’t find it. After that unfortunate episode, I was inspired to check out some helmet cams. I think this one seems pretty good; check out the video taken with it partway down this page.
I also had the chance on this trip to try out a new slope meter my brother gave me for Christmas. It was interesting to see how poorly I estimate slope—the very steepest terrain I skied barely hit 40°. It definitely doesn’t seem like that when you’re looking down from the top.
Here are some pictures I took on this trip.
A nice view looking out over Alta from near the Snowbird access gate.
Hiking along the Greeley ridge at Alta.
Looking down over the West Rustler area at Alta.
A box with avalanche control explosives near an access gate on top of East Greeley.
The path up to the high traverse on East Greeley at Alta.
Ready for the plunge.
This is in Glory Gulch at Alta.
Near the beginning of a long traverse to Devil's Castle at Alta.
At the end of the Devil's Castle traverse, near the Apron.
A snowy day at Snowbird near the beginning of the High Baldy traverse. There was an impressive cornice on the right side of the ridge, and all the Baldy chutes were closed.
Here's me, coming down off of Baldy with several inches of new snow.
Snow and fog hiding the top of Twin Peaks riding up Little Cloud at Snowbird.
The sun trying to break through the snow on our last day.
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