Avalanche season in Utah
Posted by nico | Filed under News
Everybody has heard the news. Avalanches everywhere. Big ones, small ones. Widepread all over the US and Canada. The avalanche forecast for Utah has gone down from Extreme to Considerable. The Utah avlalanche forecaster Bruce Tremper claims Considerable to be more dangerous than Extreme because people start to go into the backcountry. So just don’t go. It’s not worth it. Luckily for us the Cottonwood Canyons held a ton of great powder, especially Brighton, so we weren’t seduced into the dangerous backcountry. Shredding around with a low snow pack there were more features than we could count. Our friend Eliel Hindert showed us some of his favorite spots at Brighton. After a crazy Christmas week of tons of snow and big storm we had some warm temps and wind. So sunsets, mellow runs and showing around our friends from Sweden were the new years highlights.
Milly Bowl sure looked good, Julian just wanted to check it out
Julian really didn't mind since he found all this epic in-area pow
Eliel showing us some perfect Brighton Pillows
Happy Holidays from Brighton
Rachael Burks is good at finding sunny pow, plus she's sporting a breathable face mask
Julian doesn't need a face mask since he's apprenticeing to be a wizard
The snow is still soft and pillowy in 2009
This is Julian at 10am, in bounds, no lift lines, on a weekend. Why hike when you can shred Brighton
Eliel finding all the soft spots
Our Swedish friends Stina and Jennifer stoked they visited Utah. Little Cottonwood Canyon
I know we all want to hike to shred lines like Coalpit Headwall, but we’re going to have to just wait, enjoy in area skiing and look at photos from last year.
So go jump off some rad pillows
And remember to check www.utahavalanchecenter.org/
January 5th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
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