YMSB 4/10/07 Bozeman

Great show!!!! Here's the setlist. I'll do my best to update this after every show but it will be hard on the road. Thanks to my typical Bozeman concert crew for showing up and making the opening night of tour so great! You know who you are...

Set 1:
Looking Back->
Idaho
Different Day
Sharecropper's
Going Up
Death Trip
Night is Left Behind
New Deal Train
Nothin' but Nothin'
Another Day
40 Miles
Ramblin'->
No Expectations->
Ramblin'

Set 2:
Free to Run->
Spanish Harlem
Southbound
Damned if the...
Used to Call Me Baby
East Nashville Easter->
KY Mando->
Northern Song
How 'Bout You
Night Out
Ramblin Boy
Years w/Rose->
Ebeneezer->
Holdin'
E: Get Me Outta this City

The Doctor Returns!

Greg came out for about 2 weeks to do some skiing and climbing. We didn't get as much backcountry in as we had hoped as the mountains around Bozeman received close to 3 feet of snow in the span of a few days and the avalanche danger spiked. Big Sky rode great for a few days though. Sorry about the large image sizes!

My buddy Ben's moment of fame as the shot of the day at Big Sky on 4/2. The Big Sky paper had this as their cover photo as well. It only took him 12 years to get the cover. We skied that same snow. It was good...

The Tetons from the east...

Our route up (and down) followed the triangular snowfield above treeline and through the cliffs to the summit. The top of the couloir was melted out! Sorry about the horrible image. Everything above the snowfield was a no fall zone.

March 29. The doctor and Chuck on the approach to ski The Diagonal on Pinnacle Butte (11,516'). The approach is up the right side of this photo. The route descends down and left from behind the second high point from the right.


March 25. Blue Gully up Pine Creek in the Beartooths. Greg's first ice lead post-surgery. Probably the last ascent of this season.

How is it March already?

Sorry it took so long for me to update. My computer wasn't connecting to the internet and I was being lazy. A lot has happened since my last post... I took two huge falls at Big Sky, the avalanche danger went haywire for a while, Bridger got about 36+ inches in a day and I was there for that, and a local Bozeman skier died in an avalanche down by Big Sky. I'll try to include everything, but it will take me a few days to get everything set. Until then, think snow!

A note on my photos...

I take all of the pictures on this site, or have the photographers labeled. If you want a higher quality image to print out or something just drop me an email. If you use these and somehow make some cash off of them, throw some money my way. I need new skis. Otherwise enjoy, and remember, turning is for when stuff gets in your way.

Life in Big Sky

Here's a shot of Lone Peak early in the morning from the Spur Road turnoff.



Here's the East Face of Lone Peak labeled with most of the lines that go. Even in this low snow year, everything labeled has been ridden except for Donkey Slot. Click on the photo to enlarge.



Another shot of Wilson Peak with some dark clouds rolling in. This is one of my favorite Peaks to photograph. I don't remember if snow came with the clouds.



Saw this dude in the tram line. Think the patrollers should have a little chat with him? We hadn't really gotten much snow at this point in the year and the entire peak was slide for life conditions. Not kidding! I saw a few crashes where people slid around 1,000 feet. Turns out he's from France. Do all French people ski in blazers and cords?



I like this shot. The guy is like, "Where's the easy way down?" He he. He's got a killer scarf too.



"Maybe next time..."

Welcome to 2007

Wilson Peak from Big Sky. I took this photo from Challenger, last chair of the day.