Ski Snowbasin

Irv and Derick came to town. I had ski gear to test. Vern,Kyle and fried joined us. Strawberry area had not been opened this year but opened for us to enjoy thefresh powder that had been accumulating. I enjoyed the pow turns on the ski gear. Its been over 10 years since I had skis on at a resort. Just like riding a bike. Everyone had a great day. Video to follow later. here is My Tracks,
http://tinyurl.com/aazrxt5
Created by Google My Tracks on Android.
Name: 12/30/2012 8:54am
Activity type: -
Description: -
Total distance: 52.89 km (32.9 mi)
Total time: 6:25:19
Moving time: 5:18:45
Average speed: 8.24 km/h (5.1 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 9.96 km/h (6.2 mi/h)
Max speed: 72.92 km/h (45.3 mi/h)
Average pace: 7.28 min/km (11.7 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 6.03 min/km (9.7 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 0.82 min/km (1.3 min/mi)
Max elevation: 2796 m (9173 ft)
Min elevation: 1927 m (6322 ft)
Elevation gain: 5407 m (17740 ft)
Max grade: 45 %
Min grade: -57 %
Recorded: 12/30/2012 8:54am

Monte Sledding

Wife said she would go for a sled ride. I downloaded My Tracks App for my phone. This is a link to our short ride. http://tinyurl.com/c384uhp

77 CC 11M

Once again the wind came in late, but so much better today. Not much snow, just enough to ride comfortably. Actually pretty lit on the 11M on the ridges. Jumping was so tempting today, but no soft ground under the 6-8" on the ground, one bad landing could end the season. We went to the west side of the road for the first time, fun stuff.

76- Skyline 17M

The winds aloft, 9000ft, 40mph+ Well not at Skyline. Finally at 2:30 the west ridge had enough wind to be happy. The snow is in excellent condition. I tried my new Black Diamond Method, REI garage sale $100+ AT ski boots. The boots are gonna be great, but kiting on skis will only be for backcountry exploring for me. Just do not like the sideways angle. Switched back to snowboard and was glad I did. Mark rode down with me.

Uinta's sledding

Bob has over 700 miles on his sled already, most of it in the Uinta's just north of where we kite. Matt and I spent the day in a lot of little high elevation meadows between the trees with deep powder for some super fun turns and boondocking. The snow at 10'000' is very mid winterish, it doesn't seem like early winter snow. The collection of new gear for the sledding season made a debut. The upgraded tMotion suspension that I spent last weekend installing is awesome. It makes the carving, skiing feeling even easier, and side hilling easy also. The carbon fiber helmet is so much easier on the neck after a day of hard turns, and the Muf Pot cooker, made us a warm lunch, what a treat.

75-- Willard 8M

I like what Jason said about today...."Kiteboarding in December? Burrrr. Excellent session with Marty, Doug, Vern, and Doubek. Kiting in December definitely separates the men(us) from the boys(you guys) haha"

74--11M Willard

I think this the first time windsurfing or kiting that I've been on the water in December. I felt more like late Sept. Plenty warm, and good wind. Doug on 13M, Vern on 12M and I got to deflower my new 11M Edge.(pinhole already)