It's On!

Happy opening day to all of you who get to shred Brighton today! Don't worry about me, I got some yesterday. Here's a small sample of what to look forward to on this November 13th opener....

Have fun!!!

Snow Perspective

2011-2012 Utah Backcountry Review from Trent Meisenheimer on Vimeo.

This video frames, what I will call, Snow Perspective very well. The very substance that inspires everything from floater-dreams in July to white-room-face-shots in February, can be the same substance that will snuff the life out of you in mere minutes. 

Many will head out this weekend for those coveted first turns of the season. Before you go out, catalog the reasons why you need to educate yourself and make quality decisions. Just seven weeks ago I was blessed with the greatest gift I could ever have been given... A healthy baby boy named Jamison. My boy, my wife, my parents, my sisters, my brother and many others are reasons that I made the choice to educate and prepare myself for backcountry winter shredding. What are your reasons? Don't have a baby? What about a spouse... Don't have a spouse? What about parents/siblings... That either? How about other family... How about a significant other... How about letting all the time/money/resources of avalanche forecasters go to waste... How about placing search and rescue crews in unnecessary danger because of your ignorance......

Wow, that got kinda heavy for a second; but then, it is a heavy topic. My point is, that you need to be careful out there no matter what. I don't care if you "have no one" that will miss you if you get carried through a bunch of pines then over an eighty foot cliff to your death.

Your decisions in the backcountry affect people. 

All that being said. get after it this season! Go snowboarding and have fun. Build a gnarly kicker, hit that trophy line or simply go meadow skipping. Just do a little research first. Go to an avalanche clinic, read a book... AT LEAST make a visit to utahavalanchecenter.org part of your winter morning routine.

I'm predicting an average Utah snow season, and I can't wait to slay every last one of those five hundred inches this year. 

Day One, 12/13

Four days before Halloween was day one for the 12/13 season. There was even decent snow. I spent the first hour hiking about halfway up Great Western at Brighton. I had some decent powder there, but towards the bottom found some rocks with my deck, and a stump with my shin. Worth it. 

Stoked.

BurritosAndSnow met me and we proceeded to session a small snow maker pile thing. I had my new camera with me and tried getting some photos. It was a GREAT day!

My first turns of the season. Sloppy, ha ha!

Soon Mount Millicent...soon.

Burrito Press (looked better than the photo appears) Priceless face 

Hope some of you were able to take advantage of this early season snow!