Early season for me is more about a walk in the woods and a good leg burn. My friend, Luke, and I are making a habit of weekly Wednesday dawn patrols in the Cottonwoods before we each hit our respective offices in Salt Lake City. Luke works a classic 9 to 5 with the University of Utah, and I have a weekly meeting at Telemark Skier's headquarters above the Freeheel Life Shop. That is one of the many nice things about where we live. We can be on skins before sunrise and get a few laps in before work in the big city. It's a nice perk!