TR: Lee’s Birthday

By: Sam
June 26, 2012 1:54 am | Category: Full Trip Report, Skiing | Permalink

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I met up with Lee to make some steep turns on his birthday.


TR: Coleman Headwall Success

By: Sam
June 23, 2012 2:09 am | Category: Full Trip Report | Permalink


This is a bit belated, but about a month ago Allen and I got the chance to ski the Coleman Headwall in once in a lifetime conditions.


Inspection Week: Final Exam

By: Greg
June 13, 2012 11:04 am | Category: Quick Update, Skiing | 2 Comments | Permalink

Dear sir or madam:

Thank you for requesting a detailed report of your Utah Bureau’s performance on the final exam of Inspection Week. We apologize that the results of the test took so long to arrive. Regardless, here are the results of their test, scored as a percentile of all test-takers:

Peel away corn shreddage: Top 15%.
peel away corn shreddage

peel away corn shreddage

corn shreddage

Ability at nap-taking atop majestic peaks: Top 10%.
ability at nap-taking

Finger-Rock ascending: Top 9%.
finger-rock ascending

Ability at majestically drinking beers atop majestic peaks: Top 8%.
majestically drinking beers

Proud usage of jorts as a ski-pant alternative: Top 7%.
proud usage of jorts

Ability at “MacGyvering” eclipse glasses out of two pairs of polarized sunglasses held in a way so that their polarization is opposed to one-another: Top 5%.
MacGyvered eclipse glasses

Shooting Chute Schuss: TOP 1%!
shooting chute schuss

shooting chute schuss

Congratulations! Your Utah Bureau has passed the final exam! Enjoy your summer, and see you next season!
congratulations!


SPAM #17: Fog Corn

By: Greg
June 6, 2012 8:35 am | Category: Skiing, SPAM | 2 Comments | Permalink

Here’s a quick installation to the SPAM Series from Inspection Week on in the Wasatch. The fog was thick, the corn was peeling, and the chute was little, but that didn’t stop Christian from laying down a schussingz of it.
FOG CORN

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Inspection Week: Backside in Depth

By: Greg
May 31, 2012 11:51 am | Category: Quick Update, Skiing, Summer | 2 Comments | Permalink

And now The Suits will continue their report on the Inspection Week of the Utah Bureau of the FIS. For this aspect of the inspection The Suits went in depth into the Utah Bureau’s knowledge of Backside, a region of Alta Ski Area. The inspection began with a simple question:

“WHAT IS THAT?!”
The Garlic...Not
(use your MagicEye skills to get a 3D effect)

Apparently it’s called “The Garlic…Not.” Apparently it’s also a nicthe-nichte when the ski resort is open.

Lucky for us (and especially for Christian, FIS’ resident snowboarding virtuoso), The Ski Lifts Company was closed, and so an hour later we were standing on top of what we thought was the same chute we saw from the parking lot. Gulp…
is this the same chute

Statistically speaking we were 95% confident it had to be the same line, and so Ben led the way (actually Porter went first, but I didn’t have the camera going).
95 percent confidence interval

The 95 percent confidence interval was almost too tight for my skis to fit through the crux.
too tight to fit?

too tight to fit?

But in the end we made it through smiling and high fiving.
smiling and high fiving

smiling and high fiving

For Christian, the chute wasn’t nearly as exciting because he was riding a 158cm board… it was basically cheating.
smiling and high fiving

Anyway, have fun with summer, and thanks for checking in on FIS! Inspection Week concludes next week with a review of the performance of the Utah Bureau during the solar eclipse and in finding and schussing some more tight chutes!


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