Some of my friends know that I just spent some time in the northern Utah town of Eden and had 7 of the best snow days that Utah has had so far this ski season. I’ve been asked several times, “when are we going to get to see some photos from Utah?” Gee, they must think I always ski with a camera. Well, I do, and I did. So here is a selection of images from Snowbasin ski area - www.snowbasin.com , and Powder Mountain -www.powdermountain.com .
Utah photographer and good friend, Ryan Thompson. Ryan is a past member of the US Ski Team and still skis like a champion.
Dr. Rob Goldlust and Steve Stomel at the very top of Snowbasin. The little dark area waaay below them is the town of Eden. Not exacty a major metropoliton area, which is why we like it.
The view in the oposite direction of where Rob and Steve are standing.
Our 'darkslider' friend, Dr. Rob on the last run of the day at Powdermountain. Fresh tracks are always available to those who don't mind working to get to them.
Another shot of Dr. Rob. Looking across the valley, you can see where the non-hikers went. All of them. We took a short easy hike to the other side of the valley and as you can see, it's the trail less traveled. I call it Dues/Reward.
"Jack From Colorado". That's all I know about him other than he's a very good powder skier. I met him on the chairlift and we skied together all morning in another fresh powder dump at Powder Mountain.
The morning runs with Jack were in flat overcast light. Not the best for photography, but you can get the idea of how good the snow was.
Then, the sun came out! Niiice.
After Jack and I said our goodbys, I camped out in this area and waited, and waited for someone to ski through the scene. The place is so empty on a Monday that I waited almost 30 mins. for this skiier. However, it wasn't a particularly bad place to hang out. The scenery is outstanding.
The scenery.... Powder Mountain. I wish you could see this image in full resolution. There are groups of ski tracks coming down from the top in several places.