To Cap Things Off.....Almost

This season has been one that makes me laugh. I live in Boulder at the moment and go to school at CU. Down here I hear a lot of people talking about there skiing adventures and what they entailed. This year the majority of talk has been about how bad the snow was and how there is "no snow in Colorado." Thats where the laughter begins. I'll agree that this year has not been the greatest snow year, but I'd like to think that you have to have some low snow years to respect the great season even more. Either way, I think people underestimated how much snow there was out there this season.

For me and the group of friends that I usually ski with, mainly on the CU Freestyle ski team, we ahd . It was a year of several accomplishment for myself and a year that I will definitely never forget. And although the resorts may now be closed in the area, the year is far from over with several days of big mountain skiing in the near future.

Here are some of my favorite shots from this year so far.

Deep at East Vail


My first Front Flip


Pillows and Air







My Coach Joel and I teeing of on the Par 5 in East Vail.
I went first to test the waters



And Joel followed



Eyeing the Par 5 after two successful hucks


All smiles


It was a great season spent skiing with great friends and deep snow. Now that the pow season is over, its time to do some hiking.

Swimming in Champagne

I've spent a majority of my skiing life in the mountains of Steamboat CO. This year I took a trip up there with my brother and we managed to grab a couples sleds from my uncle to mess around with. The first day we got up there we headed up to Rabbit Ears pass just west of Steamboat Springs. It was a fun day of sledding but nothing like the day to come. That night a storm rolled into the area and the forecast called for 4-6 inches. We decided to take the sleds out again hoping for a little bit of fun in the powder. We got lot more fun and some stress than we were expecting. When we got up to the pass we found almost 2 feet of new snow and it was still dumping. It was unreal how much snow was up there.

We took a few runs in bottomless snow and of course managed to get stuck many times. We spent a large part of the day riding then getting stuck and riding again, but overall it was worth it.

A few shots of myself struggling to breathe.

And a couple of my brother.

The next day we decided to ski the the reported 14 inches in bounds. I;ve had some of the best days of skiing in my life at Steamboat and this was up there on the list. The snow was deep and possibly the lightest I've ever seen it.

Here are a few shots from the day.

A sequence from my favorite glade on the mountain just out of bounds.

Some shots from the end of the day of my brother Frank and friend Jarrett in pillow line just of the side of the run that goes under the gondola.

Frank

Jarrett really trying to keep his tips up.

And a few more blower turns to end the day.

Jarrett

Overall it was a great trip and it once again proves there's really no place like the Boat.

INTRO

I decided to start this blog to let everyone in on how I live my life and the experiences I have on my journey.