Enjoying the extra daylight

Last weekend the weather was warm and sunny. Tim and I went sledding down in the Hoback Range near Bondurant, WY up Cliff Creek. The views were amazing.

We climbed to around the 11,000ft level, had lunch, snapped a few shots, and the rode back down to the truck.

One of beauties of snowmobiling. No crowds, just you, your buds, and cool country.

I thought this shot was really good to give you some perspective on how far you can get into the backcountry in no time at all on a snowmobile. If you look at the little knob in the foreground that has half dirt, half snow, Tim is standing on his sled at the top of it. Below you can see all the way down to the Hoback River drainage where we started 20 miles and 5,000ft of elevation below.
That is the Gros Venture mountain range in the background.

Daylight savings time is really cool this time of year! Myself, Teddy, Ben, and Case all got off work at 5 today and still managed to score knee deep powder up on Teton Pass.
This is a shot of Ben at the top. The weather was insane. 60 plus mph winds, over a foot of fresh, etc.
Ben is leaving on Tuesday for the Himalaya. He is going to be guiding up on Everest for March-May. Then will be guiding up on Denali in Alaska for June, then finishing up the summer of living out of a tent in the snow with July and August guiding up on Mt. Rainer in Washington. Bummed that Ben won't be around to adventure and hang here in Jackson for the summer, but obviously so stoked for him that he is going to be attempting Everest.

Hope to see you on the Smith in July Ben...Good luck.

I thought it ironic this sticker in the cave at the top of the hike today. I certainly fell into this believe all through my 20's seeing a 9-5 as nothing short of a death sentence. Now, I have come full circle and work a 6:30am to 5, so, what does that say about my life being ruined?!!!! Whatever, I have built in three day weekends into my work schedule, love my job, and still manage to have a ton of fun.

Teddy, Ben, and Case, immersed in a full on white out.

Teddy, throwing no concern to being a 9-5 er!