Pictures From the Skintrack

[Slim]

Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
Took our 2 friends for their first ski tour

 

[Doug Briggs]

Don't you hate when they walk in the skintrack?

The fresh snow was thin and variable. The sun crust underneath was dicey. Careful skiing, a fun morning tour.

 

[4ster]

Don't you hate when they walk in the skintrack?

We once skinned in the ski track…

 

[Doug Briggs]

We once skinned in the ski track…
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[Mothertucker]

Don't you hate when they walk in the skintrack?

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The fresh snow was thin and variable. The sun crust underneath was dicey. Careful skiing, a fun morning tour.

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I don't mind as long as they aren't post holing. March 28,2020 during lockdown.

 

[Slim]

Circle Al peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon , Utah. Fun tour with our local friends and our kids.

 

[cantunamunch]

I don't mind as long as they aren't post holing.

Ours have a disturbing tendency to spot - mark with yellow

 

[Doug Briggs]

Ours have a disturbing tendency to spot - mark with yellow

I actually had to remove a frozen pile of scat from the skintrack, but chose not to photograph it.

 

[Mothertucker]

I actually had to remove a frozen pile of scat from the skintrack, but chose not to photograph it.

How do you know it was frozen?

 

[cantunamunch]

How do you know it was frozen?

Ricochets when flung from a shovel?

#1812Overture

 

[Mothertucker]

One year ago today I skinned to work, intent on cutting out early to hit the lift served backcountry. This began the biggest storm cycle in an already excellent season.

 

[Primoz]

We still have some snow even if temperatures are in plus all the time (unfortunately talking about celsius plus not fahrenheit) even during night, and instead of snow, it's raining every second day. So I better use it as long as it lasts. For ski touring I hope there will still be some time, when at least higher up in mountains temperatures drop at least a bit and at least during night, so snow won't be complete shit. I went on Wednesday for short skimo tour and well... if I could park car on top of the hill, it would be ok, as "skiing" down was well... not too great, as even if it was about 40degrees line, I was trying to go straight down, so I didn't need to push even on downhill, since snow was so wet and slow it didn't go anywhere.

 

[Slim]

Skintrack pics from another day of touring in Utah, this time with my family and local friends.

Life doesn’t get much better than traveling to beautiful places, skiing great snow in the sunshine, enjoying the quiet of the mountains and doing it all with your spouse, kids, and friends you don’t get to see very often.



yours truly:

Circle All Peak in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

 

[Slim]

Oh, and the friends who went out with us (and a guide) in the middle of the week, got home and bought their own AT boots. 2 new converts!

 

[Daniel]

We still have some snow even if temperatures are in plus all the time (unfortunately talking about celsius plus not fahrenheit) even during night, and instead of snow, it's raining every second day. So I better use it as long as it lasts. For ski touring I hope there will still be some time, when at least higher up in mountains temperatures drop at least a bit and at least during night, so snow won't be complete shit. I went on Wednesday for short skimo tour and well... if I could park car on top of the hill, it would be ok, as "skiing" down was well... not too great, as even if it was about 40degrees line, I was trying to go straight down, so I didn't need to push even on downhill, since snow was so wet and slow it didn't go anywhere.

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Nice photo! Are you skiing at some type of nordic ski training facility? Besides what looks to be an Olympic-size ski jump in the background, I see what appears to be at least 5 smaller ski jumps in close proximity to each other on the far right side of the photo. Slovenia packs a great deal of spectacular scenery into a relatively small geographic area!

 

[charlier]

Ski touring in the Selkirk Mtns, B.C.

 

[Primoz]

@Daniel it's Planica... birth place of ski flying (hill in background had most of ski flying world records, except for current one) Otherwise yes, it's Planica Nordic center where Nordic World championships were held last year and it's currently one of two or 3 places in Slovenia, where xc skiing is still possible with this crazy weather we have.

 

[Doug Briggs]

Second lap.

 

[Drahtguy Kevin]

Adventures near Leadville.

@SBrown and myself on the up.

@SkiNurse taking in the sights.

Joey up high above Leadville, which is about waist level in the background.

It’s amazing what you find on a tour…

 

[Rod9301]

This is after the skin track, when the fun really begins.