Patsy Marley | Little Cottonwood Canyon

I skied down with the sun behind my back- I followed my shadow in front. Love the powder, love the mountains, love the moment.




Chris ripping up Patsy Marley with Flagstaff Ridge behind

Willow, February 17

My Silhouette on a Tree Silouette





I loved today's surprise tour. I was suppose to go night skiing at Brighton with the ski club but the ski lift ended up being closed so Chris and I went ski touring instead- yeah! We parked at the Solitude parking lot and walked across the street up the road, past cabins that make you jealous and then put our skies on. We hiked through tall, spiraling aspen trees up a ridge to the top of a beautiful long, powdery slope. The area is called Willow. It had different slope angles, one was a little nerve racking because of it's steepness- but so fun. We hiked from 4:30 to 6:45. I loved being at the top of a ridge at sunset. The Pfieferhorn, Twin Peaks and the whole ridge line was grand with the orange sunset. I felt very grateful and stoked to be at the top of a mountain with my skis, peeling the skins off of them, getting ready to ski down. We didn't get many skiing photographs because it was kind of dark when we skied down and ended with a snowplow out passing through the dark forest.

Pink Pine Ridge, February 10

Our run- I'm trying to point it out, it's right there, between the two aspen trees in the distance.








After school on Wednesday Chris and I went to Pink Pine Ridge. Wow! What an awesome tour. We drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon and parked at the White Pine parking lot. We hiked about an hour and got to the saddle, below the steep rocky outcropping where we dropped in. It was pretty steep and a little risky but we had our beacons, shovels and probes ready to kill the monster if it popped out. You can see Salt Lake City below us, down the canyon and you can see some sweet turns by us! Enjoy- we did.

Reynolds Peak, February 15

Drove up Big Cottonwood Canyon and parked in Spruces lot and headed up the up-track. It went to Dog Lake and then switch backed on to Reynolds Peak. It was high avalanche danger so we just skied the ridge to avoid the waiting monster. Wonderful day!