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Report from January 20, 2021

Yesterday, I hiked up and skied down 11,045′ Mt. Superior, UT for the 4th time in 5-days.

A fun little project & I learned a ton.

• 1/19/21 – Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Mt. Superior’s Pinball Alley | Denial, Side-Stepping, Snowplow, French Fries
• 1/17/21 – Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Mt. Superior South Face | 2nd Day in a Row
• 1/16/21 – Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Mt. Superior’s South Face in Powder Snow

I had my eye on a steep, tricky line yesterday that I’d scoped from below that I was hoping wasn’t too steep nor too tricky.

I was tired on way up – dragging…

I kept my head down and made good time and was pumped to top out in the bright sunshine.

My drop-in point didn’t look too ominous but I knew it was a bit of a no-fall-zone.

Extreme skiing?  

Maybe not, but you definitely didn’t wanna fall here…

The first 7 turns were pretty good.

The snow was punchy, but you could overpower it and the steepness made turn transitions quick and easy.

Then, the aspect changed a bit, the snow changed for the worse and things got tight and rocky and it was definitely a no-fall zone.

I hop turned and shuffled and threw a kick turn and got through the mini dogleg no-fall section to the next chute and the snow was better in this 2nd chute.

7 good snow turns before things became icy and punchy and tight again.

I had to pull over to let my sluff go by.

From there it was consistently bad but manageable snow down and through the 3rd chute and onto the middle apron.

The middle apron still held some decent pow up top and crunchy, predictable snow down low.

The lower apron still had some powder on east-facing aspects and honestly, these were the best turns of the whole run!

I didn’t see any avalanches nor signs of instability out there yesterday.

The forecast is looking good for a big storm this weekend.

Recent Backcountry Reports:

• 1/19/21 – Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Mt. Superior’s Pinball Alley | Denial, Side-Stepping, Snowplow, French Fries
• 1/17/21 – Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Mt. Superior South Face | 2nd Day in a Row
• 1/16/21 – Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Mt. Superior’s South Face in Powder Snow
• 1/14/21 – Teton Range, WY Report: Incredible Chute in Punchy, Weird Snow After the Big Rain
• 1/8/21 – Teton Range, WY Report: Big Chute Fun, Perfect Snow, Pillows, & Stunning Vistas
• 1/6/21 – Teton Range, WY Report: Pillows, Chutes, & Airs in Sublime Powder
• 1/5/21 – Teton Range, WY Report: High Avy Danger = Minimum Angle + Maximum Wind Lip
• 1/3/21 – Teton Range, WY Report: 12″ New Snow, Pillows, Chutes and Slabs
• New Years Day 2021 –Trip Report: Nez Perce, WY – “The Sliver Couloir”
• 12/29/20 – Teton Range, WY Report: Fun Chute, Big Smiles, & Great Tree Skiing Powder
• 12/28/20 –Teton Range, WY Report: 4,000-Vertical-Feet of Perfect Bluebird Powder
• 12/27/20 – Teton Range, WY Report: High Speed Fun in Immaculate Powder Snow
• Xmas 2020 – Teton Range, WY Report: 3,500′ of Christmas Day Powder Fun 🙂
• 12/23/20 – Teton Range, WY Report: 2 Steep Chutes + My Avalanche Decision-Making Processes
• 12/20/20 – Teton Range, WY Report: Warm, Wet, Windy, Slabby Skiing
• 12/18/20 – Teton Range, WY Report: Great Skiing on Touchy Snow
• 12/12/20 – Beaver Mountain, UT Report: Mini-Powder Day in Paradise
• 12/11/20 – Tetons Range, WY Report: Ugly Skiing in a Gorgeous Chute in Tricky Snow
• 12/10/20 – Teton Range, WY Report: Steep Skiing in a Tight Chute in Tough Snow
• 12/9/20 – Teton Range, WY Report: Schoodeling in Good Powder Up High
• 12/8/20 – Teton Mts, WY Backcountry Report: South-Faces Aren’t Exactly Corn…
• 12/2/20 – Wasatch Mts, UT Backcountry Report: Suicide Chute on Mt. Superior in Low Tide
• 11/28/20 – Teton, WY Backcountry Report: Good Turns + 3cm Surface Hoar…
• 11/25/20 – Teton, WY Backcountry Report: 6″ of New Snow | Not Bad for November…
• 11/13/20 – Alta, UT Report: Friday The 13th Wind-Buff & I Only Hit 6 Rocks
• 11/12/20 – Alta, UT Report: Deep Dry Powder in Main Chute & I Only Hit 12 Rocks

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