Nature’s art. The camera is incidental.
Ideas.
When it comes to skiing, ideas can be both a blessing and a curse. They’re good because decent ideas can help keep skiing fresh. They’re evil because if you’re anything like me, every time you look at a peak, a handful of couloirs, or even a mountain range, a lot of ideas pop into your head. That in itself is great; the evil part is that the ideas tend to multiply exponentially faster than it’s possible to get them done.
The idea to link up Lone Peak via the south end and Box Elder via the Northeast ridge just appeared in my head the other day while standing on the South summit of Lone. You know, because Box Elder just looks so close from that angle. For non-SLC locals, combining these two peaks, plus some extra skinning to avoid getting cliffed out late in the day, probably provided 3,500 feet of vertical gain, plus or minus 6,000 feet. I screwed up the GPS so sadly have no mileage to offer. My guess would be 20.
On Wednesday, I headed out solo and joined the two massifs with many small steps, and some ski turns. Make that a whole lot of ski turns. In keeping with the notion presented in the first paragraph, getting this done was great. But, it kept me from doing other things that have been on my mind for far longer.
And, evilly, I got more Continue reading ‘Lone Peak to Box Elder’
