March 19th 2006

MOUNTAIN LIFE
MARCH 2006


The pre-spring weather has been providing a myriad of weather activity for us here in Salt Lake City. We've been experiencing a diverse mix of rain in the valley and snow in the mountains. It has been snowing off and on for the last 3 days... Unfortunately, I have been working in the valley over the weekend and not able to play in the mountains. Although, I did manage to get a line on Kessler Peak, with Pauly and Michael on Thursday. The snow was epic then and I bet it's even better now...

With March fleeting with each passing day, we're busy getting the first episode of our "Moutain Life" podcast shot, edited and uploaded for you to see. As we venture into the world of podcasting, our new addition to the Morrill Film Group has us very excited. With each episode of "Mountain Life" this is what you can expect: athlete profiles & adventures, industry profiles & product and snow sports product overviews. You will be able to download each episode to your computer or ipod from our website or itunes and take it with you wherever you go. If there's specific content you would like to see, fill out our comment box on our contact page.

stay tuned,
Maxwell

March 5th 2006

After a week of up and down temps, in and out of windy cycles and passing storms delivering low accumulation averages-we are setting up for the next rounds of storms...

Current conditions: windy in the valley and beginning to snow in the high elevations again...

The last week had us treasure hunting for stashes in the upper Brighton area while out with Paul Sherman filming his pod cast episode. A storm on Tuesday delivered 4-6" with grauple in the back bowls of Brighton which made for decent conditions. With the storm moving in with warmer than average temps and departing cold, the upper elevations got the snow and the lower elevation line got a mixed bag with rain. This being the case, we stayed on the high elevations and searched for sheltered lines to film. As the days went by early in the week, periods of wind came and went. Those days made me wish I had given Ozone a call. Another storm came in on Friday and laid down a nice addition of 6-8" of light density snow to around 6000'. We picked our lines carefully on Saturday and scored big. The Northwest-North aspects around Kestler Peak were sublime. On Sunday, we ventured into Mineral Fork and enjoyed a leisurely pace. We scored there as well. Although not as good as Saturday, the views made up for the snow difference...

This week should be interesting to say the least...

Stay tuned,
Maxwell