Yeah, Bring on the Powder

Some pictures from last year, some epic powder. The beauty of not having a home base in the mountains is that one can chase the powder. I very seldom make reservations, just track the weather on the link to the National Weather Maps. Just go to the snowstorm.

The new tool that I will be able to utilize is my new laptop computer which is set up with Verizon Mobile Broadband. I can access the Internet and get weather updates and avalanche reports right in my pickup on the road. I can check the avalanche reports from Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Utah to help me keep up with the snow conditions as the weather systems move through.

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Last run of the day on my 166 Burton Malolo. This is one awesome board, I rode it at Copper Mountain for 3 days and then in the backcountry for 2 days on this trip. It just rips in the untracked powder. I used it on a couple of sledboarding trips last year up on Buffalo Pass and in Montana it floats up on top of cold powder.

What rides down must hike back up in the dark. 10th Mountain Hut trip, December 2008.

Weez hiking up with the 156 Burton Fish, powder board. This board rocks in deep cold pow.

Colorado

Powder morning at a 10th Mountain Hut in Colorado.

Wyoming

Just needed this little powder fix. It's been snowing out west, still early, but time to start tracking the weather.

I'll be checking out the boards, the sleds and going through my backpacks. Fresh batteries in the avalanche beacons. Preparing the winter gear. GOOD TIMES!!