J's unfortunate "accident" at Snowbird

As many of you have already heard, My little sister Carolyn recently got engaged to her long time boyfriend J. I have always been somewhat protective of my sister and also have a natural suspicion of anybody who's name only contains one letter so I devised a plan to take care of this little "situation". Luring Carolyn and J out here for a visit with promises of snowboarding was easy and once I got J near a very "scenic" cliff at Snowbird last weekend I put my master plan into action as you can see in the video below...



Unfortunately J somehow managed to survive my first attempt at window-less defenestration so as plan B I decided to attempt a less subtle approach as you can see in this video...



After J survived my second attempt without plummeting off the side of a cliff I took a cue from the Salem Witch Trials and decided that this must be a sign that he was innocent after all so I gave him and Carolyn my blessing. It also seemed like falling off the mountain looked like fun so I decided to give it a go myself...



After scrambling back up to the top I was greeted by a crowd of concerned/amused onlookers who had recently disembarked from the Tram. Most people realized we were only fooling around after witnessing three takes as well as the directors commentary but it seemed like a few of them just thought we were the clumsiest people they'd ever seen.



Now that the histrionics of trying to off my future brother-in-law were over we did actually take some real pictures from the top of hidden peak and they came out pretty well...




Once the photo shoot was over we headed back into mineral basin. In this shot you can see J, Carolyn, and Julie boarding along "Path to Paradise"


In this video Julie, Carolyn, and J head down a groomer while I attempt to video. It is pretty hard to hold the camera steady while snowboarding at the same time:



Here's Julie at the bottom of Mineral Basin, nothing but snow in every direction...



And here is a video of Carolyn spinning like a Ballerina:


Here are the three stooges heading up a chairlift:


In this Shot Julie is about to enter the Cirque Traverse from which you can access a TON of terrain.


As you can see in this picture, the Cirque Traverse is a narrow ridgeline that separates Peruvian Gulch from the Gad Valley with steep terrain dropping off either side. (See if you can Spot Carolyn, Julie, and J in the picture below)


In this video I am boarding along the cirque traverse and most of what you can see drops off into Peruvian Gulch:



After cruising down the cirque traverse for some time we dropped off to the left ending up in Wilbre bowl. Here you can see Carolyn, Julie, and J making their way down.



There is so much terrain available at snowbird that you often feel like you have your own piece of the mountain, rather than feeling like you are at a large resort. We didn't see another person this entire run until we merged with Big Emma at the bottom of the mountain. Here are Carolyn and J, enjoying the serenity and gazing down the canyon we know and love so well.

Congratulations on the engagement and I know you two will live long happy lives together.



I certainly can't end the post on a sappy note so here is a picture of me ready to cause some trouble with a snowball. unfortunately those exploits were not captured on video.