Taos: Day 4 – Weather Day

Friday was supposed to be semi-finals with Saturday being finals, but due to weather it had to be canceled. The bad news: the venue was changed to West Basin from the far superior Kachina Peak The good news: everyone that qualified made finals :p I’m wish I could have been doing this hike again instead [...]

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Taos: Day 3 – Qualifier

Qualifiers for the Salmon Extreme Freeriding Championships is officially over. Pretty interesting event. Huge winds off the peak made it a pretty sketchy hike up. I actually missed my spot in the order by a few paces because of getting stuck on the ridge in the wind. Didn’t hurt me too bad though, I managed [...]

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Taos: Day 2 – Inspection

So we managed to roll into town at about midnight and post up at a hotel somewhere near the mouth of the canyon. We made it to the resort this morning and scoped what we thought would be the Day 1 venue, but halfway through the day patrollers announced the first (and likely every day’s) [...]

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Taos: Day 1 – Road to NM

So the plan is to update from this road, but that may not work for a few reasons: -I’m lazy -I’m writing from my phone -The internet hasn’t been invented in southern Utah yet —10:30a— Leaving the SLC way later than we should have —2:13p— Some dinky town in Utah near Wellington I think —4:00p— [...]

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08/09 Ski Update 19

Ski Days this season: 65 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: 49 Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 7 UofU Golf Course, Salt Lake City, UT: 1 Telluride, San Juan Mountains, CO: 3 I am planning [...]

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