2022 Retrospective

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! Happy New Year and thank you for all the love and support!

2022 Time Lapse Compilation

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!

Splitboarding The Willows, Big Cottonwood Canyon- December 2022

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!

2022 Night Time Lapse Compilation

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!

Porter Fork Tour, Millcreek Canyon- December 2022

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 Timelapse Compilation

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!

Albion Basin Tour, Little Cottonwood Canyon- November 2022

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! ⛄️🤞🏂

Enjoy the pics and make sure you check out the video below on my YouTube channel! Please like and subscribe! More Adventures to come!