Bizzaro World

Well, here we are. I'm not sure what the point of talking about it is anymore. Kinda just feels like beating a dead horse at this point. The past couple weeks have been really up and down. I've managed to get some splitboarding in. But not like I would if things were "normal." The snowpack is fat. It should be the time to really get after it in the mountains. I'm not, though.

My level of acceptable risk is pretty low right now. And it really has nothing to do with snow conditions. Part of recreating in the backcountry is being comfortable living in the grey areas. There is always a chance something could go wrong. Injuries happen. Avalanches happen. You do everything you can to mitigate the risks involved. But at the end of the day, we're never 100% safe out there.

Right now the only thing I want to do is go snowboarding. I crave those long days on the skintrack to far flung corners of the Wasatch. But for me, those days will have to wait. I'll still get out here and there as long as we're allowed. But I'm definitely dialing it back in terrain selection. The mountains will always be there. When the time is right, so will I.