Sunday with friends.

Although this hasn't been a banner year in or out of bounds, touring with friends is always good!  Today was another first for me to this little mound of goodness up Big Cottonwood Canyon.  My tour guides chose to return  back here from the previous day saying there was plenty still to be enjoyed.

 Leading the haul was my awesome cousin Kate Kopischke along with brothers Ralph and Bill Becker.

Playing around with some settings on the Fuji X-T1 I found you can move the "tilt-shift" to any where the focus point is.

Ralph Becker taking the lead for a bit while I admire the  aspens..... I think I see my line!

And for all that, you are often rewarded with stellar views of the surrounding Solitude.

Still finding Solitude.

Solitude Mountain Resort is a new and unfamiliar playground for me. Finding the ideal shooting spots can often take years to learn and I have a hard time with that. Fortunately, the other day I was  introduced to my new favorite action hero, a veteran athlete and Big Cottonwood local by the name of Jason West.
This was going to be a great day!

A locals knowledge is good, but a veteran athlete's is really good! As a bonus some new terrain was opening and with the warmer temps and clear skies it would be a challenge to find the lighter snow.
After a big traverse we found some surprisingly light and unnoticed lines to work with.

Solitude is a quaint ski resort soon to experience some upgrades from the recent acquisition with Deer Valley.