The video above is an incomplete window into my 2023-2024 season. I had fun clipping it together, but it doesn’t quite tell the full story. As I reflect on last season the first two things that came to mind are the sheer number of ski days and the excitement of new opportunities.
93 days at Alta
13 touring days
1 day in Keystone, CO for the 2024 Keystone IFSA Tele Champs
1 Day at Powder Mountain for the 2024 No Joke Tele Race
108 days in total.
I know for a fact this is the most I have ever skied in a winter. Having never really cared to count my ski days each winter. I was curious enough to add them up for 2023-2024.
I spent most of the winter skiing at Alta Ski Area. The 2023-2024 season with 628 inches(15.9 meters) of snow, was another above average winter. Coming off the heels of the record setting 903 inches (22.9 meters) in 2022-2023. The 2023-24 season was the perfect blend of powder days, groomer cruising days, chalky bumps, slushy spring days, and everything in between.
Last season also included two personal highlights of podium finishes in telemark competitions. Both were fairly unique events. A big mountain freeride comp and a banked slalom race.
A freeride competition exclusively for telemark skiers has been rare the last few years. So when we saw my friend Elliot and I were excited to make the trip down the i70 corridor. The Keystone Tele Champs was primarily an event for the u13 and u17 competitors. Colorado has an incredible scene of young big mountain telemark skiers. Multiple high schools even have big mountain freeride telemark teams. The young guns have some serious stoke and talent. The future is bright. The Adult category helped fill out participation to make the event possible.
March 2024 – Keystone, CO – Tele Champs – 3rd Place
The No Joke Tele Race at Powder Mountain was a banked slalom race. A week after a legendary snowboard event, the Turn & Burn. The banked slalom course was in great shape. Powder Mountain has typically had a solid local tele scene and I was excited to compete in such a unique event. A sure highlight of my winter was standing on top of this podium.
April 2024 – Powder Mountain, UT – No Joke Tele Race – 1st Place
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