2022 is going to go down as one of the most incredible all around years in the wild for me! From Cedar Mesa, to completing the Uinta Highline Trail, there was no shortage of adventure. I am grateful to be healthy enough to do the things I love! We've wrapped it up with some days on the snow which I have not had in a few years! Grab a snack, a beverage, click on the YouTube video below, and let me take you on an adventure in the wilds of Utah!
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My 2022 Time Lapse Compilation is now up on my YouTube Channel! This compiles the best of time lapse videos I shot over the year in the wild in 2022! Enjoy the video on my YouTube Channel and please like and subscribe!
The Wasatch received 40-70" of snow in the last week. It has been an incredible storm cycle! I had the chance to get out for a day and I took it. I managed a pretty traffic free drive up the canyon and to my amazement there was even a parking spot. I quickly got the boots and beacon on, then loaded up the pack and headed in.
The walk in was glorious! Lake effect snow coming down hard. It felt like being in a snow globe. As I made it around the corner after the first climb, you could see how untouched it all was. As I climbed the steep set skin track up Hour Glass, I spied my line and broke off from the skin track to break trail knee deep for at least a 100 yards! I topped out and made the switchover. Deepest turns I have had in three years! Such a nice ride home. So nice to be back in the mountains! Enjoy the pics and my YouTube edit below! Please like and subscribe! More adventures to come!
My 2022 Night Time Lapse Compilation is now live on my YouTube Channel. This is a complete documentation of the night sky while in the wild during 2022! So many stars! The possibilities are mind boggling! Enjoy this video I put together and pleast like and subscribe!
It snowed to bring in December. I did not want to have to navigate the traffic of the Cottonwoods so I made my way over to Millcreek Canyon for a trip to Porter Fork. This is a cabin road that is closed in the winter and is like having a 1.5 mile groomer with some side stuff you can make some turns in. The walk up the road is sweet, in the shadow most of the time, and the cabins on the road look so cool in winter.
I had a very nice walk of the road. It was quiet and only a few skiers passed me as I headed up. Once near the top of the road I switched it over and headed down. It was acctually a pretty fun ride out and so nice to get the muscle memory down for making turns. That last day out I felt awkward on the variable snow on the exit. I felt much better on this day! December is here! I hope it keeps snowing! Enjoy the pics and check out my YouTube video from this day! Please like and subscribe! More adventures to come!
2022 has been a amazing year! I was fortunate enough to get some great timelapse footage and here is a compilation of the best that I shot all year! From Cedar Mesa, the Wasatch, Uintas, Boulder Mountain, and of course the Uinta Highline Trail! Take a six minute break, sit back and relax, and enjoy the sights of the wilderness here in Utah! Click the YouTube Video below and enjoy! Please Like & Subscribe!
This has been a different start to winter this year than last. Last year I was still hiking peaks in the Wasatch Foothills and we had virtually no snow. This year November has December-January like coverage out there. I had a day to head up so I hit the slopes. The walk in was fun. It was new snow! Right before topping out I fell on the skin track. Its been a few years since I have done this! It was a wind blown spot that was ice but looked like powder. I’m fine, ego bruised more than anything. The subsequent two people after me did the same thing! I warned them! Views were beautiful up there today. A lot of wind transport out there going on. Trees creating mini blizzards as they unloaded their snow. Decent foot of settled powder that is sitting on a melt freeze crust that was bottomless facets below that crust. When we get a huge dump this is gonna up the danger. Ride home was pretty good. Wind blown powder with some chunder at the very bottom. Alta has scraped the bottom of the summer road almost to the dirt so watch out for the many rocks I saw on the way in today. #freebasegrinds Overall not bad for a mile up and some turns home. This winter has started out much better. I now have as many days on the slope this season as I got all last year. More snow on the way! ⛄️🤞🏂
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Winter showed up early this year and I decided to put it together and get my first turns of the season. I was snowing pretty good at the trailhead and I put on the gnarly boots and clicked into the skins and made my way up the skin track. It was nice to be moving on the skins again! I only got two days out last year because we really didn't have winter.
The climb was fun and I forgot how much I really enjoyed doing this! I went up to the first meadow, then climbed into the trees to make a place to switch over to ride mode. It was chilly, and it was snowing really hard, but the conditions were perfect and the snow was powder! The ride out was a blast as I was slashing and cruising all the way back to the Jeep! What a way to kick off the season! Hope it keeps snowing! Enjoy the pics and make sure you watch my YouTube edit from this day! More adventures to come!
After a fun Halloween weekend with the family, I started off November returning to a place I have not been for ten years. I decided since the last of the fall weather was going to end this week to climb Jacks Peak. I made my way to the trailhead, then put on the pack, and headed in on the trail. I was quiet with a slight breeze going. Overcast skies set the mood as I climbed the steep first section. Right off the bat you are treated with great views of the south end of the valley.
Once I topped out on the first ridge that leads to the communications tower, I then dropped to the saddle and then began the climb to Jacks Peak. This is a moderate hike and does have some steep terrain. I like steep trails so this was a treat to climb. You crest two false summits before finally making it to Jacks Peak.
Jacks Peak as I have previously written was named after a boy named Jack Edwards who died from Leukemia in 1995. Jacks Peak is a wonderful place to visit. If you do sign the log and take in the view!
The hike out was windy as a storm was blowing in. The sky cleared up to partly cloudy, but the winds were torrential. It was hard to keep my hat on as I made my way down the ridge to make a loop out of this hike. Great way to start of November! Enjoy the pics! Make sure you check out my YouTube video from this day below. More adventures to come!
Warmtober continues and though I have wrapped up my Uintas adventures for the year, the Wasatch had one more day in store before moving to winter. I have a Millcreek Canyon pass and I had not been up there yet this year with it. I decided to hike the Big Water/Little Water Loop up to Dog Lake. This is a favorite of mine because it has such a variety of terrain and things to see, and it gives you a feeling of what the Wasatch looked like historically. I made my way up to the Great Western Junctionon the Big Water Trail, then kept climbing the Big Water side. Most of the trees have lost their leaves, but there was still color and leaf litter everywhere. The ocassional tree was still holding its golden leaves.
After 2.5 miles I came to the Big Water/Little Water split, and headed up to Dog Lake. Thes temps here for Mid-October were absolutely perfect! A short hike up hill, then down to Dog Lake! There were a few people, and of course K-9 friends playing and chasing sticks into the water! I personally don't have a dog, so I walked myself to Dog Lake. The views were beautiful and I circled the lake. As the sun headed west, the light became beautiful up there! The lake view of Reynolds Peak was spectacular and the one last hold out aspen with leaves by the lake was awesome!
The Little Water Trail to complete the loop is not as long as the Big Water Trail, but has much steeper sections. On the way down I found the last of the fall colors in groves in the aspens. The light mixed with the golden colors was so amazing! I spent some time just wandering up hill off the trail to see them. Gorgeous last of the fall colors for sure! The trail had shadow the rest of the way out for it being evening. This was the last warm day of fall as the very next day our mountains got anywhere from 1-2 fee of snow! Enjoy the pics! It was a great day hiking! Looks like winter had reclaimed the high terrain. So foothill hiking and the winter activities are on tap! If you liked this blog post make sure you watch my YouTube video from this trip that I have linked below! Please like, share, and subscribe! More adventures to come!
