Spring Sting

Mid-March in Utah is usually among the best time of year for good snow. Not this year. The sting of spring came early to the Wasatch. It also came with a lot of heat. So much heat that the phenomenal low elevation snowpack that we had vanished. 

^In an attempt to find the silver linings in everything I could

This Railroad Earth

I realize I have been absent from posting for quite some time, but I feel like it is understandable because my wife and I just had another baby. His name is Walt Robinson, and so far he is doing well. He is growing like a weed already, and Mom is recovering too. It has been a whirlwind, but the dust is beginning to settle somewhat. Enough for me to finally get a post up about a really cool weekend that transpired a while back by now. 

I spent the weekend in Salt Lake City with

Unusual in the Usuals

What started with what was once an unusual sight, traffic at Snowbasin, ended with some unusual ski lines. The traffic has become more of a usual occurrence, and I had thought that the day's tour with my oldest touring partner, Ben Geiger, was going to pan out similarly as well. However, we found some unusual situations in the usual places.

^Traffic. Once unusual. Now pretty usual. However, just like

Japan Expanse

I love the north island of Japan. I have been going to the Niseko area in January for nearly a decade by now, and I still find new things there every time I go. I am trying to host a trip there in the near future so I really wanted to expand my understanding of the area even more. I have a pretty dialed program there by now, but there is a lot of terrain there, and as I said, I find something new every time I go. I wanted to meet some new people in the area as well as further expand my network of friends there.   

^My little boy, Amos, loves to travel too, and he