Wasatch Mts, UT Report: 4-Hours of Hiking for 23 Powder Turns…

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Report from December 18, 2023

Yesterday we went for a long walk and a short ski.

The plan was to get up high and ski a line I’d seen from afar a couple days ago.

The wind was howling and it kept us off the original goal – which was probably fine because we believe that snow got wind hammered.

Sunrise. image: snowbrains

Plan B was a steep little face below the ridgeline and out of the wind.

We hiked for 3 hours and 45 minutes and climbed 3,300-vertical-feet for 23 powder turns!

Worth it?

Martin in the shade. image: snowbrains

Maybe…

You’ve really gotta scratch and sniff to find any good skiing in the Wasatch right now.

It’s still very boney out there so please be careful.

After the walk, I was honored to have the President of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, Mary Kate Buckley, on The SnowBrains Podcast.

Martin in space. image: snowbrains

Today:

  • 7-miles round trip
  • 3,300-vertical-feet
  • We didn’t see any signs of instability in the snowpack

Thanks, Utah!

Avalanche Forecast

image: uac, 12/18/23

Weather Forecast

image: noaa, 12/19/23

Photos

We got up too early… image: snowbrains
Waterfall. image: snowbrains
Martin. image: snowbrains
Dat way! image: snowbrains
Boney. image: snowbrains
Gorgeous. image: snowbrains
Bone zone. image: snowbrains
That’s our little Plan B run! image: snowbrains
Sunny. image: snowbrains
Sun halo. image: snowbrains
Martin on high. image: snowbrains
Grinding. image: snowbrains
Headwall. image: snowbrains
A line… image: snowbrains
Lenticular cloud. image: snowbrains
Terrain. image: snowbrains
Cheap gas! image: snowbrains
Mary Kate, President of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY on The SnowBrains Podcast. image: snowbrains
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