Northern Backcountry Utah TR - [pics]

[Twoplanker]

Stoy and I left Cache Valley eeeeearrly to make some turns in Northern Utah:

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0023.jpg
Looking north along the ridge.

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We weren't the only ones making tracks today. Check out the Mountain Lion tracks where Alex is pointing.

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Looking west across the valley. Check out the slide path / deposition field in the runout of this canyon. The slide happened last winter. There's a little cabin that narrowly missed getting buried.

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The cornices aren't big yet, but they will be. We found a nice solid snowpack about 18" deep in the pit Alex dug.

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Me.

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Me summiting.

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Beautiful day.

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Alex checking out that ginormous slide path.

[zion zig zag]

Sweet! How were the turns?

Also, I'd say that was either a very small lion or a bobcat. An adult lion print is about the size of your whole hand.

[Twoplanker]

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0054.jpg
Ready to rock.

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0056.jpg
Dropping into some variable crust / sugar. Totally carvable.

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0059.jpg
Alex gets first tracks.

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0063.jpg
Very, very nice snow right here.

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0069.jpg
Looking back at our turns.

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0073.jpg
I got some too!

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Going home a happy boy.

Thanks Alex for yet another great day in the mountains. Good turns + good company = good fun.

[Twoplanker]

Sweet! How were the turns?

Also, I'd say that was either a very small lion or a bobcat. An adult lion print is about the size of your whole hand.

Yeah, that makes sense. Seemed kind of small. Still, I wouldn't want to walk up on it on that ridgeline.

Nice kitty, nice kitty.

[JR]

Those are definitely lynx or bobcat tracks. Way to small for a cougar.

[Twoplanker]

Those are definitely lynx or bobcat tracks. Way to small for a cougar.

I had heard that a big cougar leaves a 4" track. This one was not that big, but somewhere near that.

Here's another for comparison:

http://www.beartrackersden.com/beart...stridecoug.jpg

[Trackhead]

Nice work guys.

Stoy, guess your foot is doing better?

[shamrockpow]

Looks awesome guys! How far north of Ogden are the Wellesvilles and how's access?

[Twoplanker]

Looks awesome guys! How far north of Ogden and how's access?

They're about 1500 nautical miles south-southwest of Odgen. They can only be accessed by a time-travelling Delorian powered by a flux-capicator, because they were bulldozed in 1958.

[Twoplanker]

Nice work guys.

Stoy, guess your foot is doing better?

Sorry I missed out on Swan Flats with you. I hope you were able to get out anyway. Next time, I'm there! I can't wait until I get some time off so I can hlpe to put some miles on your sled.

[JR]

Check out those feet!

http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/images/photo_lynx1.jpg

[The AD]

I saw a lynx run across the clearing under the Fitzsimmons chair on Whistler two or three years ago. Very cool! I think they are fairly reclusive.

Nice TR and photos 2P.

[Twoplanker]

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing/wells2/r0078.jpg
Back home, looking at the day's work.

[Buzzworthy]

Very nice again boys!

[Twoplanker]

360 degree panoramic (1.2 megs)

http://www.edmoweb.com/images/skiing.../panoramic.wmv

Edit: I made the movie filesize smaller.

[Ski Drunk]

Gret stoke guys. Keep it coming.

[lph]

Great work boys! Love it!

[Trackhead]

Stoy-Twoplanker,

Either of you going out for turns on wednesday or thursday? Let's go ski off the top of something.

[Twoplanker]

Stoy-Twoplanker,

Either of you going out for turns on wednesday or thursday? Let's go ski off the top of something.

I'd love to but I expect to be busy working - writing my dissertation.

[splat]

Nice stuff, 2P and Stoy!! Here I was stuck in a resort all day, two resorts.
I gotta lay some skin track soon. I got no exercise virtually all summer and now I'm grunting like a stuck pig at the end of the day for being out of shape when the season hits. Again....

[Stoysluttie1]

i'm game for Wed. or thursday. Have to see when my weekly meeting is, probably thursday am. I'd like to bag a peak or so. Anything is the sun seems creamy!

THose tracks were about 2.5- 3 inches, smaller cat but a big cat nonetheless.

the foot gets better by the day...funny, feels better in a ski boot than anything else. Guess I need to ski more.

Shawn...that pic of you is so 80's....where's the flourescent one piece when you need it?

[Twoplanker]

Shawn...that pic of you is so 80's....where's the flourescent one piece when you need it?

I know, I feel so gay.

[Beaver]

Check out those feet!

http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/images/photo_lynx1.jpg

I saw a lynx a couple years ago while touring on O'Glory (near Rossand) it walked up the skin track then deked off into the bush I saw it behind a tree from about 20 feet then it disappeared. Even though the snow was soft I had a hard time finding its tracks on the skin track and where it left the track. It hopped from the track to the hard snow under a tree then from there to another tree. Pretty sneaky little bugger.