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I’m in Kauai and Excited for SNOW?!

I’ve been in Kauai for a few days now, and I’ve been having a blast! The water is 75° if not warmer, and I’ve had a wonderful time beach-hopping on the North Shore the last few days. I even decided to go on an adventure and got lost in the jungle last night on the “Hunters Moon!” However, I feel like my excitement for this winter and falling snow cannot be tamed by this island paradise. I’ve been; watching ski movies in the morning before the day starts, checking out ski news online at night, and I even ran into my first ski coach, Jeff Mintz, yesterday while walking down the street! Small-World right? Now I’m sitting here, looking at the snow stake webcam on top of Baldy, and I can’t believe that it snowed 9 inches last night!!! Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I’m stoked for this winter.

Hiking through the forrest on the way to the beach

Beginning of the Napali Coast

Hunter's Moon adventure

It snowed 9in last night (10-23)!!!

October 24, 2010 | Categories: Nothing to do with Skiing | Tags: attachment, Â Now, Baldy, Beginning, coach jeff, Coast, Conor, Davis Forrest Kauai, Excited, excitement, excitementÂ, falling snow, few days, forrest, having a blast, height, hiking, Hunters, hunters moon, island paradise, islandÂ, Jeff Mints, jungle, kauai, mints, Moon, Napali, napali coast, north shore, ski, ski coach, ski news, Small, snow, snowstake, stake, street, walking down the street, water, webcam, width, winter, wonderful time, World | Comments Off

Okay, Now I’m Done For The Season

Yesterday my friend, North Parker, and I woke up at 5am to ski a sick couloir on Hyndamn peak. With our skis and boots strapped to our packs, we started the 5mile approach to the base of the mountain. After crossing a river in the basin we scrambled our way to a small dwindling snow field, and started our 5000ft climb. About halfway up it became too steep to continue skinning, and we started an epic boot pack. The ski down was really fun and I’d like to ski it again in the winter, but the trek back to the car left us exhausted. All in all, it was a good time on one of Idaho’s most famous peaks.

The pictures below are from my cell phone, not the best quality but pretty good:

Hyndman May 17, 10

May 18, 2010 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: 5am, best quality, boots, cell phone, couloir, epic, flagallery, Friend, Gallery, gid, good time, Hyndamn, Idaho, mountain, name, North Parker, pack, season, ski, skis, snow, snow field, Star, STEEP, trek, way, Win, winter, Yesterday | 2 Comments »

Skiing My Butt Off!

I just tallied up all of the hours I’ve spent skiing so far this year, and I was shocked to see that I have skied over 150 hours already!!! I got an early start on my ski season this year with a two and a half week trip to Summit County, CO. Now I’m back home in Sun Valley, I’m feeling stronger than ever, and I’m antsy for winter to show up. Snow is in forecast this weekend but Sun Valley isn’t waiting. They have put snowmaking efforts on full throttle, and new terrain is opening every few days…

Snow Making Nov-Dec 09

December 10, 2009 | Categories: Day to Day Skiing | Tags: butt, Day, EVER, feeling, few days, full throttle, isn, new, new terrain, Open, season, ski, ski season, skiing, snow, Star, summit county co, sun, sun valley, terrain, trip, wait, Win, winter, year | 6 Comments »

Early Season Update & Video

My trip to Colorado for some early season shredding is almost at an end. So far I have skied 10 days (about 45 hours) at two resorts. Snow is in the forecast and I’m so excited for an epic winter to start!

I’ve mostly been working on switch tele-skiing, tele-nose butters, and carving on this trip check out the video: