A March storm hit the Wasatch hard and dumped up to 3 feet of snow in storm totals. I spent the first fresh days at the Bird spinning tram laps and hiking Baldy as much as I could before everything became tracked out.

Three days later when everythng at the resort had been riden and the sun popped out for some amazing blue bird, Josh Scheuerman gave me a call to go shoot some backcountry lines for RideUtah. With the rapid warming we knew we'd have to hit it hard and early. I grabbed my Never Summer Cobra (X) 159 and we made our way to the Crest lift at Brighton and started with two quick Pioneer Peak hikes.

Josh Scheuerman with stoke on high.

Top of Pioneer Peak.

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The aftermath of our lines off Pioneer Peak.

Once we finished with Pioneer Peak we made the decision to make the haul out to the X and Y chutes off of Tuscarora. We took the Millicent lift, checked in with ski patrol at the top and made the push up the rocky hike to the top of Millicent Peak. A quick breather and we dropped in to the saddle which was south facing and getting baked fast. We shedded a few layers, slathered some ginger war paint (aka "sunscreen") and started our way up Wolverine.

Boot packing on the skin track. Don't let the hippies catch you.

Josh making his way up the last push of Wolverine.

Looking out over Little Cottonwood Canyon.

After inspecting our lines from a distance and up top we noticed a lot of rock that had barely been covered by the last storm. We made the call to play it on the smart side and ride some lines we felt were most filled in.

Josh's line. You can see me as the tiny spec lookers right in the next chute.

Four high speed turns and I was out! Snow was epic on the protected north side.

Mike Hood and Ryan Bregante made the trek out to Utah after a storm to rally some zones up north that I've been exploring the past couple years. With the avy danger high we made a plan to hit some safer low angle zones and keep it smart style.

Fully loaded...

Good ol' Beaver Mountain in the background.

Breaking trail to the Honey Hole.

I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee.

POW!

After we sessioned the Honey Hole we made our way back to the truck where we fueled up and loaded up the generator and lights for the night pillow shoot. The trail hadn't been groomed in days so it was a slow drive in and out on the sled towing the generator. We got some awesome night shots on the pillows.

Generator, lights, extension cords, check, check and check.

We rolled into my parents place super late that night and set everything out to dry for an early departure the next morning.

Hiking to a new zone.

New zone framed up between my Candy Grind gloves.

The light went flat quick on us and we decided to setup the new zone for a session the following day and go find some pillows in the trees for the remaining part of the day.

Stumbled onto these while taking a piss... Funny how that works right?

Mike Hood after sending huge as always.

Mike with a rebate.

One part pow, one part triple set. Shake, serve and destroy.

Ryan scoping some potential urban spots on the way home.

That night we got home and had an awesome dinner with my family. My Mom and Dad are THE most giving people you will ever meet. Beer, food, baked goods and warm comfy beds.

Dinner with the Ryan, Mom, Dad and Mike.

Next morning we got up to partly sunny skies and knew we'd be window shopping so we got to the new zone that we had set up the day before as soon as possible.

Stack your landings.

After we destroyed the first zone we made our way to some pillows I call "The Zone". This owl swooped over my head while hiking in.

Ryan snagged this shifty tweaked all the way 180°

The next morning Ryan and I got up early and headed up to an old rusty gas tank that had been cut in half with a welding torch. It was setup perfectly for a toeside to heelside wallride. After a few hours setting it up in horse manure and rapid warming snow it was show time.

Wait till you see the "A" grade shots and footage...

Video edit from the urban trailer gap.

Dim lights

With the meek one inch that fell in the valley and a blue bird day expected I decided to rally the troops and get after a few urban features I've had my eye on for a while. The feature we decided to attack was a gap up onto a small 8-10 foot trailer to a gap out over a fence about 10 feet. Nothing too wild but technical was what I was aiming for here.

The gap.

The trick was to push snow into a pile with the shovels and then load it into the truck. Here Mike T., DJ, Taylor and myself load up.

Harlee took this sweet shot.

Mike unloading the truck in two scoops.

The term and title "Wedgineer" was used a lot while building...

The run in.

Harlee securing the winch.

Giving Mike a quick run through on how to run the winch. "Start it, give me a thumbs up and then throw it full throttle."

After about 3-4 hours piling and moving snow we were ready to get a film session started. Literally as I am putting on my first boot the grounds keeper shows up... I made my way over to him and was super friendly and explained what we were doing and were making sure that there were no kids around when I hit it. I also mentioned that if any damage was done to the trailer or property that I'd pay for it. He asked for my name and number which I gave him and also asked for his incase anything did actually happen. He calmed down a bit and was cool. He even wanted to watch us hit it but had to go so he peaced out. Game on.

POV from my end. The Proto CT(X) 155 from Never Summer was my weapon of choice.

Let's just say that I didn't land the first one...

After a total of seven hours we had a few shots and were ready to GTFO and go to the In-N-Out on Camrose (near Radford).

Stay tuned for the bangers to drop fall 2012 in the Never Summer team video.