Here’s Matt’s edit from Day #52. I meant to post this a month ago. That’s me skiing in the split screen shot. Nailed it!

March 1, 2013. We started hiking under some grey, overcast skies. As we reached the top of McDonald’s Draw, the sun broke through. We spent the next few hours hiking and riding in the sun before I had to go to work. I skied some fun lines in untracked snow and got sunburned. Does it get any better?

I feel the ice should have been flagged for targeting my head.

Ohh, season REWIND… now I get it. Clever stuff, Matt. I have the opening and closing shots. NBD. Just kidding… it’s a pretty damn big deal.

Every summer, forest fires burn wildly across the temperate mountain regions of the world. As destructive as they are, they have a purpose and beauty that often goes unappreciated. As winter arrives in the burned forest, so do the skiers. They have come to celebrate new lines opened up by the previous summer’s fires that have now burned themselves out — or have they?

Music:
“Young Men Dead”
By The Black Angels

I filmed a few laps in the Canyons backcountry. Movie Line, Bic Mac, and South Square Chutes. My favorite powder day of the year.

Song: Jurassic 5 – “What’s Golden”