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And thats a wrap…
Well this weekend brought my 09-10 avalanche teaching season to an end. It’s been a long year but as always, very rewarding and fun. This last Level II was awesome, good snow/weather conditions for a course – the kind you rarely find in the Wasatch in March – normally the snow is so boring this [… Read More]
Stay on top dammit!
Ok, WTF is going on? This snowpack has gone beyond scary and is approaching absolutely terrifying. Why are people pushing it? The rules (remember, “There are no rules” – Perla) are out. I asked Tom Kimbrough today when it was this scary before, he told me maybe never. The wizard of the wasatch had another [… Read More]
Avalanche viewing
What a week!! 60″ of snow out of this storm onto a weak and fragile snowpack. The avalanches have been far trickier than I anticipated and there have been way too many close calls and one fatality in Utah since it all began last week. I got the chance to do some fly overs with [… Read More]
Avalanches and Hoars
Well my busy week finally gave me a chance to get out and stretch my legs and check out the snowpack before my course this weekend. It been a busy week at work with the thin snow keeping us way too busy running wrecks and throwing rocks and not having near enough fun. A frightening [… Read More]
