UTAH UPDATE| Morning in the Gulch | Utah has been getting pounded with snow since the beginning of December. Snowbird has gotten over 16 ft of snow since December 1st, thats right 16 feet of snow! After a sick spell had made its way through pretty much
UTAH UPDATE | Morning in the Gulch
Photos: Andrew Miller
Utah has been getting pounded with snow since the beginning of December. Snowbird has gotten over 16 ft of snow since December 1st, thats right 16 feet of snow! After a sick spell had made its way through pretty much all of my crew including myself we had not seen to much outside action in over a week. After almost eight solid days of snow we saw a break in the forecast and decided to head up Little Cotton Wood Canyon to Grizzly Gulch. Grizzly is home to the infamous Chad's Gap, Pyramid Gap and many other jumps and hips you might recognize from tons of videos especially Romain De Marchi's whole part in Pop was pretty much film back in Little cotton wood and Grizzly. Long and short of it this place is the shit. Follow the photos for the rest of the story.
Also make sure you are prepared and always check the Avalanche conditions before going in the back country or out of bounds.
- We had a nice view of Superior peak from Grizzly. This face had a ton of tracks down it kind of a mini Alaska in Utah. This beast is accessible by the Wasatch PowderBird Heli Guides.
- I think this is Cardiac bowl right next to Superior. This was is taken around 9:30am look at all those tracks!
- Elliot blasting a cliff to...
-....to white room in a fun little zone right next the Gulch.
- Mac Spedale putting the finishing touches on booter # 1.
- We rolled up to Grizzly with a pretty big crew so we split up into two groups. Both crews ended building jumps directly opposite the gulch from each other. Here Steve Pearce sends one over the cat track gap opposite the jump # 1 above.
- Now a view of jump #1 from the other side of the gulch.
- Nick Russell got caught a little off guard after sending his first hit about 90ft.
- Brain freeze dude
- Harrison Gordon taking his turn on the booter.
- Harrison pondering hiking all the way up the top again.
- Nick Russell getting his turns in on the famous ultra mega light perfect, good for days Utah blower powda!
- Mac and Harrison called either other the night before to make sure they were matching.
- Nick Russell hustling his way off a little nub next to jump # 1.
- Mac has been sick for about a month and was feeling shitty this day. This is his "over it" spray on his way back to the parking lot.
- It was a great day in the Gulch! Stay tuned for more Utah updates.
Friday, January 18th 2008 @ 05:26 PM.
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