Looking out the window as the train climbs into the mountains

Approaching Grandview

When we arrived in Grandview, the snow was rock-hard, but we had a feeling that if we put on the skins and started climbing we would hit fresh snow.

Once in Grandview, I decided to join some friends to climb up into the mountains for some backcountry telemark skiing. Linda, on the other hand, decided to skate ski down below in the valley because there was a very firm crust and she could skate just abo

Here are a few of the guys I was skiing with. On the right is Erik Schoen, the third guy is Scott McArt. As soon as we headed up the mountain, the hard crust began to turn to powder. Once we had climbed 2,000 feet we had almost two feet of untouched

Trekking towards Valhalla

I was the only person on the mountain who was using cross country touring gear, instead of telemark or downhill gear. It was much easier to climb up with less weight, and I still got in some sweet turns on the downhill ride. I don't know why all those w

Scott following the long line of powder-seekers.

So much snow, so little time.

The first turns of the day. This is the area I skied. The others went higher, but since I didn't have avalanche gear, I stayed lower. I can't imagine got any better than this.

Notice the uphill track on the left.