Thread: Belated Alta season TR, again.

Well similar to last year I'm late getting a season TR out, or maybe I purposely do that because shots of winter in mid June carry a bit more weight imo.

here's a recap of year #1 in UT I spent at the Snowpine during 2010-2011
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...season-at-Alta


I fell into the helmet cam trap. I got a Contour hd and have been pretty happy with the quality of video it captures.




2011-12 I worked at the Alodge. It's a good place to work, I recommend it. I moved in pretty late, but didn't miss anything due to lack of coverage.






I held of on buying pass until February for a number of reasons; one of them being a newly acquired Dynafit setup due in large part to SFB. He hooked me up yet again with some old bro lhasas that were well broken in so contact with rocks wasn't too painful.




Despite the low snow good skiing was still attainable






And on the days with bad skiing, the sunset made up for it.



It was a happy New Year. The pig Approves





Certain easily reached stashes remained stashed for my use







The first storm came in around MLK. Some pre-storm wind



an imminent storm produced good vibes





The storm produced:

1. Avalanches




The pics are from a report I submitted to UAC
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avala...facing_1192012


2. Good skiing, albeit low angle- photog Will Haas




The Emmas were bare 2 days prior to this tour




It quickly improved photog Will Haas





Fabs Getting deep p: Will Haas

And the storm cleared out leaving things the way they should have been all along



Fabs breaking trail. next photos by Will Haas




Paj loving life






Fabs rippin





It was truly a blessed day, all the way to the end




The recurring theme for the year:







Some Classic lines were still doable at times.





still a ways to go




The vis closed out and knocked out any pic opportunities.


In Mid March we got another epic storm



Making Rocky Pt seem like a good idea



B Frame




The next day we headed up Red Baldy and skied this. It was a little warm skinning up to say the least pics by non-mag buddy Fabs



The Scenery never gets old up there





Tyfalk and I were able to ski the E face of the broads twins. It was without a doubt the biggest line I've ever skied. Conditions were a little scratchy, but still a great descent. Apologies for the low quality contour frame grab



On April 1st Tyfalk, myself, and Fabs went up timp to ski the Grunge


Headlamp start







and we made it



Ty and Fabs were able to ski down in the awesome chalky pow that was in the couloir, I had to down climb because my boots were fucked and I didn't find out until the top. It sucked, very very badly. I was just glad to get out of there without incident



April had a few small surprise storms that freshened things up very nicely


Bill, Ty, Fabs, and myself went up and linked the Hallway and Old Growth Couloirs. Photog: Bill Haas

Heading into the Hallway



The Tube in all time form. L-R is Fabs, Tyfalk, Paj

You had a better winter than I!

Yeah buddy!

Titties. Thanks for the words and photos.

FKNA

The Pig is awesome! And so is the rest of the TR.

Where's hardcore bro?

Fuck yeah, that is what summer on TGR should be.

Thanks, made me smile for winter.

FKNA!!!! Well played sir.

This goes well with the anti-vegan thread!

Tasty, love Utah and the other white meat

Originally Posted by Tye 1on

FKNA!!!! Well played sir.

This goes well with the anti-vegan thread!

For such a low snow year, your tgr was great. A Bad season in the Wasatch is better than just about everywhere.

Originally Posted by yabyum

For such a low snow year, your tgr was great. A Bad season in the Wasatch is better than just about everywhere.

Coming from Atlanta and being a devoted skier stuck in the south for 16 years before enlightenment made me look at a low snow year differently. A low snow year in my mind is 20" of shit NC snow and WROD everyday of the year. 400" in a season? Yea 600"+ is better, but we made do just fine.

Beautiful

Solid stuff here. Well played!

fuck, great TR .

Paj it was a pleasure to meet you and spend time hanging out with such a rad maggot! I enjoyed our tour on your birthday and the many other days of laughs we shared during our encounters in LCC. Hope to see you back next year, you are always welcome in this house!

Nothing was funnier than to see a ski racing downhill without a rider, only to tackle it and find out it belonged to my bro, Paj, who had a marker/duke insta-tour eject-o moment. Classic!

^ Thanks for the words and it was great meeting you too. That day when Marker duked all over me and my ski needlessly ejected could have been bad. I had to be dressed to work in the dining room 10 minutes from that moment, but I saw you right there and knew you had my back. I'll definitely be back a couple times next year, but I need to finish school so it won't be a season long deal. I won't forget the last day we were hanging out and you hooked me up with some edibles that sent me into a tail spiral!

Good season, great summary

and that pig knows how to party ... well potted as the brits would say

Damn, it needs to be winter soon. Thanks for the rad TR.

yeah bo. sick tr man.

No footy from our day at PowMow, c'mon man. Solid TR man.

Nice stoke!! Great skiing with you this season!

very cool, just what I needed to see today. good tunes as well

sick man

Very nice