SLC Twins - E Face and NW Couloir

Skiing with Lars and Chad turned into skiing with crew of 8.  Normally that seems like too many but for the day it was pretty entertaining.  Jared set a race pace up Broad's Fork and we were up below Drom at first light.  From there we had to break trail so the extra number's were appreciated.

Lars and Justin

Justin with Gobbler's and Raymond in the background

The crew spread out between Twins and Jepson's Foley

More of the same

Lars on the slab move heading toward the summit ridge

The couple slab moves on the way to the summit log jammed our massive party so we decided to split.  Half headed up the south facing chute and while the other half futzed around on the rock.  Ontop we initial plan was to split up.  Chad, Justin, and Jared all had obligations and had to be back down.  We watched from the summit as they skied the top portion of the East Face.  It looked so go we decided to follow.

Lars

Tom, Jared, Elliot

Tom airing a little rock mid chute

Jared chose the other option

Justin

Lars lower on the face

After skiing the E face we found ourselves back at our ski track.  It's kind of hard to turn down a nice skinner so we headed back up hoping to find decent conditions in the NW.  We did.  We all felt the NW should be considered on of the Utah classics.  It's rock lined, long and steep.  we should have just flipped it and head back up to the summit but the alure of Deaf Smith was too strong.  The 6000' of great skiing, crap skiing and walking was just what we were looking for.

Teague in the NW

Tom, following Teague's tracks

The awesomenss that is Deaf Smith

While waitng for Tom's amazing girlfriend to shuttle us back up the canyon he's instagraming, "out of the alpine and unto suberbia."