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2024-02-04 East Face of Gobblers Knob

Got a great weekend of skiing over the beginning of Feb. Saturday was really cold and surprisingly the conditions were only so-so. However, Sunday we went to the East Face of Gobbler’s Knob and found some fantastic snow, although the shots were on the short side for the long walk. Nevertheless it was perhaps some […]

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2024-01-21 Skiing the Church

After a drought for a good portion of December and the beginning of January a huge storm cycle brought lots of new snow and water weight to the snowpack. This unfortunately ramped up a persistent weak layer in the snowpack so skiing lower angle and more treed slopes has been the wise choice. On Saturday […]

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2023-04-05 Grandeur Ski

A late post. We got to ski a mountain just on the edge of Salt Lake this winter. I thought the window had closed on skiing this peak this year, but a n early April dump of snow put it back into condition and we got up super early to get it done on a […]

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2023-04-23 Henry Mtns Skiing

April 23, 2023 Keeping the winter vibes and skiing theme going, Carly and I headed south to tick off a ski zone that I’ve wanted to explore since reading about it in the Utah ski guidebook. The main allure of the Henry Mountains is their status of some of the most remote and undisturbed terrain […]

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2023-04-15 Deseret Peak

With the record snow year we’ve had in Utah I’ve been psyched about doing some spring skiing. Deseret Peak, to the west of Salt Lake City, has a pair of couloirs that face north and are easy, as far as couloirs go. The trick is the road is closed about 4 miles from the true […]