Lightning Ridge Snowcat

Powder Mountain, Utah

Jimmy Mann

Jimmy Mann in Weber Bowl

Powder Mountain, Utah

Powder Country Inversion

Goggle View

Testing out my new "Goggle" Filter

Powder Mountain, Utah

Frost

Powder Mountain, Utah

Sunset at Powder Mountain

Powder Mountain, Utah

No Snow

It hasn't snowed in a long time...

Powder Mountain, Utah

Foggy Day

Powder Mountain, Utah

Back On!

For the regular readers of my blog, I just want to let you know that we're back on! A few things contributed to the lack of posting....I went through the fall semester without Internet at my house, my computer screen turned green, and I began experimenting with RAW format (takes a lot more time!). I'm going to add some photos from this fall, but I'll back-date them, so they remain in the proper time-order on the blog.

I'm taking my winter vacation back in the USA. So, for the next month, this blog won't be the "Daily Shot of Jeju." Instead, it'll be the "Daily Shot of Powder Mountain!" In December, I went back home to Indiana for Christmas, then drove out to Utah for two months of working on the Ski Patrol at Powder Mountain. My Dad's friend Butch rented a super nice condo at the bottom of the mountain road and I'll be staying there with Butch, Chuck, and a couple weeks later, Chad.

Utah hasn't been blessed with much snow this season...we've only got about half as much as normal. It hasn't snowed in a week, and there's no snow in the forecast for 7 more days. However, the temperature has been relatively cold lately, so Butch and I decided to take this opportunity to go ice climbing! We drove over to Ogden to check out Waterfall Canyon. The ice was mostly in, but it looked a little sketchy at the top. Neither of us has ice climbed recently, and we're both scared to death of leading on ice, so we didn't climb much, but it was a successful and fun day!

Butch, on the trail to the waterfall

Waterfall Canyon.....the falls

Climbing the Falls

Birthday Dinner (Jamaican Jerk Rubbed Barbecued Chicken)

Me on the left, Butch, Chuck

Back to Jeju

I'm going back to Jeju in March. I wasn't planning on going back, but I got an offer I couldn't refuse. I'm pretty excited. I'm gonna try experimenting with new things with the blog this year, so hopefully it will work out. I talked to quite a few of my friends that followed it consistently. I'm so stoked that people read it regularly and enjoy it. Thanks!

So just to update on the last 6 months, here's what happened. After I got back from Nepal, I chilled at home and spent the holidays with the family and friends in Indy.

Me and Grandma Kojetin at Thanksgiving

In January, I left to work on the Ski Patrol at Powder Mountain, Utah. It was a fantastic experience and a dream come true. I've worked at other ski areas before I came to Korea. I was a Ski Instructor at Loveland, Colorado and I worked the lifts at Alta, Utah. Working at Powder Mountain though was completely different and a super special place. I spent the month skiing with my dad, working and training with the patrol, learning about avalanches, and guiding powder cat-skiing tours.

Skiing in the Enchanted Forest, possibly the coolest place I've ever skied.



Skiing with Dad

Digging Snowpits in the Avalanche I Class.



Digging Snowpits on our own.



Skiing Powder



Relaxing



Dad Skiing more Powder.



We stayed in Condos at the base of the mountain.



Snow Ghosts



Occasionally, we were Cat Skiing Guides.



Dad loves his fat skis. Maybe I should send this picture to Black Diamond???



Everything is Beautiful on a Powder Day.



Sunny Powder Days are the best!!!



Life is Good :) (Faceshots are too!)