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April 2010

• Utah

  Desert Wanderings

  April 13, 2010 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  

  My winter season in Jackson Hole has come to a close. Though it’s actually snowing again as I write this, I am packing my bags and am excited to spend 3-4 weeks wandering around in the deserts and canyons of Utah. Tomorrow I drive to Moab where I will put all my stuff in a storage unit, then the adventures begin! My rough plan is to do some hiking and backpacking in the San Rafael Swell, then Escalante (shown above from my last trip there way back in 2001), Bryce Canyon, and depending on my timing and the conditions, perhaps Zion and Cedar Breaks.

  My blog will be pretty quiet while I’m gone, but when I’m back home in Ouray in early May I will surely bombard my website with a heap of [hopefully decent] desert photos!

  In the meantime, check out my collection of favorite skiing/snowboarding shots from my winter in Jackson Hole.

• Skiing/Snowboarding, Wyoming

  Bluebird After The Storm

  April 7, 2010 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  
  The storm cycle has cleared for the time being, and we enjoyed a beautiful bluebird morning up at Teton Pass, scoring three powdery descents before noon. This late in the season, you’ve got to get the powder early on sunny days! Rider: Jason King.

  
  Rider: Jack Brauer. Photo by Jason King.

• Skiing/Snowboarding, Wyoming

  Deepness

  April 6, 2010 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  
  Another foot or two of fresh powder! It’s ridiculous! I stepped off the bootpack at one point and sunk up to my waist.

  
  April faceshots. Rider: Jason King.

  
  Thigh deep powder… on a snowboard. Probably the deepest snow of the season. It felt like cloud surfing today.

• Skiing/Snowboarding, Wyoming

  Happy Belated Winter!

  April 5, 2010 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  Rider: Jason King.

  

  Winter has returned in style this last week in Jackson Hole, bearing the late-season gift of four feet of fresh powder. We’ve enjoyed a fun week of powder in and around the Village, but now that the ski area has closed, today we headed up to Teton Pass for a couple deep mid-winter-esque pow lines.

• Skiing/Snowboarding, Wyoming

  Powder Playground

  April 3, 2010 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  

  Ryan Vanlanen shreds some deep slackcountry powder on another fluffy day at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort today.

• Skiing/Snowboarding, Wyoming

  Very Nice, I Like.

  April 2, 2010 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  Top notch powder day today at the Village! We’ve had nearly 3 feet of snow in the last week, and more storms are lining up in the forecast for the coming week. The dream for April is coming true! Rider above: Jason King.