Greetings from Tahoe City, CA!
A lot has gone down since returning to NYC in October. After a few days of good clean rest and dreadful office hours in the the big apple, I booked it to Austin, TX to participate in the Livestrong Challange with my little brother. Running isn't my favorite activity, but Austin is one of my favorite US cities. Aside from the timed runs, we dined on mind blowing Tex-Mex, took long relaxing bike rides around Town Lake and indulged in great music. It was not an easy scene
to leave. Although I must admit, running is starting to grow on me...
Thoroughly Austinified, I made it back to NYC to pick up my friend Marc who needed a bit of help and companionship getting himself and his belongings to Los Angeles, CA. In two swooping weeks, we stopped and explored the following stellar cities: Asheville, NC; Atlanta, GA;
New Orleans, LA; Austin, TX; Taos, NM; Boulder, CO; Vail, CO; LasVegas, NV. In contrast to my prior eastbound road-trip there was more eating than any life threatening adventure. Needless to say, traveling with a fellow foodie is simply glorious. By the time I
reached LA, I was about 10 pounds heavier and ready to start "shredding" again.
After a few weeks of work in San Francisco, I made my way to Tahoe City, CA the day after Thanksgiving. To my amazement, there was an epic amount of snow waiting for me. I purchased a ridiculously expensive season pass to Squaw, pulled the trigger and bought
a new pair of skis with awesome AT bindings and headed back to the comfort of mountains. Ever since that weekend, it has been non-stop adventures in powder. Although quite early in the
season, I have managed to ski Squaw, Park City, Vail and Jackson Hole. And I must say, Jackson is simply phenomenal. And ladies, if you are single and ready to mingle, move to Jackson. This place is brimming with hot mountainy men.
I'm currently back in Tahoe, pondering my next destination However, one thing does remain pretty clear, I'm heading somewhere with lots of powder.
To the dismay of many Lake Tahoe transients, our mountains were graced with another warm, snow-less weekend. Despite the spring conditions, three fellow mountaineers and I decided to venture out for some overnight back-country fun in Desolation Wilderness. Although skinning on ice and skiing down wet sticky snow was frustrating, we seemed to make the best of it. There was laughing, eating, discovering the sweet warmth of Bailey's and stumbling upon the ultimate snow shelter. 
After the weekend came to a close, I decided it was time to find actual snow to play with. It just so happened that my powder compass pointed towards Utah. After several unsatisfying laps at Deer Valley Resort, Park City yesterday I headed straight to the back-country today. I took a mellow approach via Days Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon South. After a long tiring ascent to an unnamed point at 10,561 feet, I took a few turns down a pleasant, semi-powdery and semi-crusty drainage. Not perfect, but much better than Tahoe. Can't wait to find more stuff to play on tomorrow.
