Apr 14: Waiting Game

Great skiing at Alta today. Empty lines and a foot of creamy snow.
The lighting wasn't good though. We waited until after lunch to try photos. We stood around in a cloud before finally moving on.
Super flat and gray.

Even Sarah's bright colors can't save that one.
With some help in the computer, we can make the colors pop, but it still looks flat.

So we just made some turns instead. Afternoon faceshots, anyone?

Then, a break in the weather. Sunshine!

After all the waiting, we finally got to work. I climbed a tree to get the right angle.

It was marginally sketchy, climbing 15 feet into a frozen dead tree with ski boots, but I can cross another image off my shot list.

Apr 8: Spring Storm

The season is changing. It's full spring one day, deep winter the next.
A big spring storm nailed the Wasatch, providing some terrific late season skiing.

Cait Morgan rips it through the trees.

Then it became so snowy that the camera could barely see anything. What it did see, however, was strange...
This guy has a tree for a head. (Nate Blouin)

And this guy only has a head.

Wet and gray, the camera stayed in the bag the rest of the day.

Mar 9: FWT Snowbird

The Freeskiing World Tour is at Snowbird this week.
The weather was crap today, but it was still fun to watch.
Here are some images from the Day 1 Qualifiers.

Erin Bragg, working through the terrain.

Another competitor finds her line.

This fella airs one out.

Another drop.

And some style.

Yeehaw.

Compare this one to an image posted by FWT (by Billy Swan). We were ~15' apart, with similar lenses.

Leave a ski at the top --> Uh oh!

Here's the lower half of a double stage. (click to enlarge)