In Utah, we’re lucky to ski deep and light powder often. This year (2019), it snowed almost every week for the past two months. That is why the tagline on our license plates read, “Greatest Snow On Earth.” Every skier dreams of powder skiing in deep and light snow. It feels like you are floating on clouds or the closet thing to having that experience in the real-world.

This week I write about a backcountry ski tour I did yesterday, February 23, 2019, to the summit of Days Draw located along the Reed and Benson Ridge (the ridge between Days Fork and Cardiff Fork). The view from the summit of Days Draw is amazing. You see Superior in the distance and the beautiful wide open bowls of the Cardiac ridge.

This week's adventure was a backcountry ski trip up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Utah Wasatch Mountain Range to the Toledo area. The Toledo Face, Toledo Bowl, and the Toledo Chute are southwest of the Flagstaff Mountain. 

Yesterday day was Saturday, November 11th. Three great things are celebrated on this day. It's my oldest brother's birthday, it's the day our son Edward had a successful open heart surgery, and it's also Veterans Day. This three celebrations are very close to my heart. 

Yesterday, I went on a trail run up American Fork Canyon to an awesome lookout that showcases Mount Timpanogos. American Fork Canyon is famous for the Timpanogos Cave National Monument, which resides on its south side. The canyon is named after the American Fork River which runs through the bottom of the canyon. Running in the mountains is one of my favorite things to do.

I was 6 years old when I first saw the Karate Kid. I remember leaving the theater on a high. I wanted to sign up for karate the next day. I remember spending the next weeks doing the Krane kick off of everything. This movie taught me how excellence and greatness are created by mastering the principles of anything we do in life.