Before the Holidays hit I had some time to venture out into the backcountry with some friends. I started out in the Mt. Rose wilderness for some early season powder turns.

Ben checking out a little cliff drop

There wasn’t quite enough snow to be dropping cliffs. The boys learned that lesson the hard way. A few rocks on the take off and tree stumps to the back will make you think twice before one does something like that again.

skins are sooo much faster than snowshoes!

Me and the boys! We made it to the top...

Not too bad for a morning that started off by digging four women from Texas out of the snow bank. P.S. Perkins, we still need to do lunch!