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2005 Indigo Equipment Elvn Backcountry Ski Pack Review
03.05.05 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

How does the cliché go, "Third time's the charm?" Three years ago I picked up the first version of the Elvn (pronounced 'eleven') to test and generally beat up. Truth be told, it just didn't measure up. Because they are a young, nimble company and ...
Confessions of a Dawn Patrol Addict
02.18.05 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

My name is Kendall Card and I am an addict. There I said it, I am an addict. The addiction is taking over my life. To my knowledge there isn't a 12 step program and I don't know of a cure. The strangest thing is that I'm not really a morning person. Ask my wife, she'll tell you I loath getting up. As my employer, he's never seen me in my desk at 8am. It's all that powder out there and the thought of me in here. The juggle of giving "the man" his and my family "theirs" with ...
Posing For Lemmings in Little Cottonwood Canyon
02.05.05 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

Needless to say it did not suck to get up early and hike for Utah cold smoke. What likely sucked was if you were one of the many lemmings standing in line at the Collins lift of Alta Ski Resort at 9:15 am while I punched a virgin solo line down Toledo Bowl across the street. As we pulled up to Alta and parked next to the Alta Lodge at 5:45 this morning, it was apparent that it would be a full on assault. There were 6-7 other cars there with guys busily donning gear for the assault. Most of ...
Brighton Ski Resort - The Mt. Millicent Playground
01.25.05 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

Making your way up Big Cottonwood Canyon from Salt Lake City, the road meanders through slots in cliff bands, tight corners and pine glades, all it seems in preparation for what you'll find ...
Unwrapping the Pfeifferhorn in Utah’s Backcountry
12.23.04 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

"I sure wish I had my whippet," I commented, but in the end I did just fine without it. There we were, my buddy Rich ...
November 2004 Skiing in Utah… A November to Remember
12.04.04 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

The close of October found kids all over Utah preparing for tricks and treats, but it was Mother Nature who had a treat in store for the “older kids” of the ...
Backcountry Skiing Toledo Bowl in Little Cottonwood Canyon
10.31.04 | Author: Kendall Card | 2 Comments

All last season on each dawn patrol I would crank Slightly Stupid from start to finish (just about how long it takes to drive from ...
Alta or the Backcountry? Decisions, Decisions…
03.26.04 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

Should I ski Alta or should I ski the backcountry? I will have my cake and eat it too, thank you very much! After getting stood up by my backcountry ski partner on what could have been one of the coolest dawn patrols this year in Parleys Canyon (blower pow, setting moon, rising sun, super cold temps) I decided the man would have to wait another day so rather than turning for the office I headed over to Little Cottonwood Canyon at 6am, thinking I'd get in a lap on Flagstaff or Cardiff before skiing the lifts with some friends. ...
Goodie Patrol with Steamboat Powdercats
03.09.04 | Author: Kendall Card | 1 Comment

“Wow… that’s a HUGE bull elk!” we all clamor as we make our first official sighting of the night. “There’s not just one HUGE bull elk, but there’s 5 or 6 of them on ...
Taking Giant Steps With Park City Powder Cats
02.02.04 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

As the snow cat rumbles higher and higher through stands of aspens, we at last begin to catch glimpses of the snowcapped peaks that lay above this highway to heaven we ...

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