Powder Day in the Backcountry // Utah Backcountry Skiing

Subscribe! Its been about two months since we've skied avalanche terrain as we've been dealing with a big persistent weak layer problem after the immense early season snowfall we had. Now that things are more stable, we went and skied Gobblers Knob, a prominent peak on the border between Millcreek Canyon and Big Cottonwood Canyon. I stare at this peak all the time, and though I've summited it in the summer, I really wanted to ski off the peak in the winter.
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[@timothyjnau]

Awesome video!

[@MacLeanWright]

Thanks!

[@Steffesa]

Dude, this is great stuff! :D

[@MacLeanWright]

Hey, thanks!

[@jeremyutz2260]

Good shit! Hello from back east!

[@MacLeanWright]

Thank you!

[@goexploringwithcolor-shawn]

What lovely ski. So beautiful snow views along all the way❤Thank you for great sharing 👍👍

[@MacLeanWright]

Thank you!

[@josephkarch1551]

So rad bro. FL boy wishing I was out there

[@MacLeanWright]

Hell yeah. Thank you!

[@tcim2597]

That looks incredible!

[@MacLeanWright]

Thanks Tom!!

[@davesalvisburg9569]

First class video. Thank you for taking the time to film and share.

[@MacLeanWright]

Glad you enjoyed it! More soon

[@paulmelde919]

Ha ha, I just cross-country skied mill creek canyon yesterday… went all the way to the end of road and back, about 9.5 miles round trip. You must have skinned a long way past that. Out of curiosity, how did you get back to your car? It does not look like you went back down Mill creek canyon road. Thanks for posting!

[@MacLeanWright]

Thanks!! That’s a long xc ski. We went up the Porter Fork road to access the summit

[@filipjurciak3193]

3:48 there is a great view on avalanche path. Great video. Greetings from Slovakia. :)

[@MacLeanWright]

For sure, it ripped out huge on that side a few weeks before after significant loading. Humbling!

[@SeeChadRun]

Epic views! Can you run up there in the summer? Also, great video! Loved how you 'told the story' and tossed in some groovy music to boot.

[@MacLeanWright]

Yes absolutely, amazing trails up this area! Thank you Chad!

[@cmc9823]

Curious why you took the skinny skis!

[@MacLeanWright]

They’re super light and I love going fast on the uphill! I don’t find it compromises that much on the downhill compared to how much a pow ski compromises on the uphill, if that makes sense

[@PatrickHennessey1764]

epic

[@MacLeanWright]

Thanks dude!

[@jake5993]

How do I start doing this?

[@MacLeanWright]

I would recommend starting with an avalanche safety course