Ski Days this season: 8
Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 3
Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 2
Pesky schoolwork has got me down. Next week more skiing should be involved.
Ummm…Ullr?!? Where did you go? Utah misses you!
Jake
Despite having record breaking snowfall last year, November 07′ was a bit disappointing in Utah. It pretty much consisted of endless checking the forecast with no snow on the horizon and skiing Baldy Main Chute over and over in a desperate attempt to will Ullr’s awesome force to the state.
With that lingering fear in mind, I was more than relived when it started dumping snow early this month. Blah blah blah…here are some photos and video.
Shane fighting his way out of a waist deep bucket of awesome!
Shane does his best Dan Treadway imitation…
Shane surfs his way off the snow!
I break in my new skis with style!
I thought rockered skis were supposed to float?!?!
I time travel into the future and start skiing February pow!
I hang ten on some funny shaped boards…
A BIG THANKS to our diligent photographer Alex who stopped midway down a pow run (how on earth he did it, I have no idea) and busted out an awesome camera to snap these shots!
Alex making some turns after packing up his camera!
…One more thing 
Video!
full res download: http://www.jakecast.com/helmetclips/11-06-08-clip1.m4v
I managed to make my ankle swell-tastic while skiing Sunday at the ‘bird, but hopefully I’ll be back in my boots by the end of the week and I’ll be able to put together some video footage for HelmetCast 11.
Also, the video downloads from last week (08/09 Ski Update 4) have been fixed to play in Quicktime properly…
Ski Days this season: 6
Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 3
Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
A full trip report is in the works 
Ullr! Don’t stop until the Snowbird base reads 200″ please!
Jake
Ski Days this season: 4
Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 2
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Change. Your. Life. Deep.
BRING IT ON ULLR
Jake
full res. clips
http://www.jakecast.com/helmetclips/11-05-08-clip1.m4v
http://www.jakecast.com/helmetclips/11-05-08-clip2.m4v
Ski Days this season: 3
Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Winter has officially returned to Utah. At least a couple feet of fresh pow blanket most of Alta ski area right now and it made for some sweet turns today!
A few scenic photos from the journey:
There is video footage from the expedition, but I am holding off until the end of the week to compile as I’ll probably have a ton more footage in the next couple days.
Stoked. Thanks Ullr!
Jake
