Author Archives: Ski Bum Poet™

About Ski Bum Poet™

Ski Bum Poet™ is the Powder skiing and lifestyle diary of a Utah skier. More info: http://www.skibumpoet.com/about/

Animal Cruelty

We went up to Cache Valley for the Easter weekend, to hang out with Danette’s folks. While I was outside with the men drinking beer, telling dirty jokes and looking at girly calendars…the girls were in the house picking on my dog…they can’t be trusted.

Today’s Snow Report

Looking at another 15″ at the house. Just cleared the driveway. Check out the image below for the latest snow report from Alta…

Add Another 19″

The “dump” truck that hangs out at the base of Collins lift has been out a lot this past couple of weeks. Check out the latest snow report at Alta.com: Current Conditions as of: Wed April 1st, 2009 at 04:30:00 PM Settled Snow Depth: 162″ Snowfall (Past 12 hrs): 12″ Snowfall (Past 24 hrs): 19″ Snowfall… Read More »

Shane McConkey

Most of you reading this probably already know that Shane McConkey passed away on March 26, 2009. I never had the opportunity to meet him, but Danette met his parents once through Jim & Elfrieda Shane (We both heard that he was named after the Shane family and former owners of Goldminer’s Daughter in Alta.… Read More »

While the spring storm rages…

…we’re cozy in TL riding flexible flyer sleds, eating soup and feeding goldfish 🙂 And this eve I’m heading into the Uinta Forest for some slednecking. I’ve been thinking about our friends and all the other Altafarians that have been unleashed on the powder this week. Glad for ya’ll. I noticed a friend’s status update… Read More »

Tour Through Reality

“A short tour through the visible universe that we can see so far.” Worth watching. In the end it essentially draws parallels between brain cells, and the universe (and virtually everything else beyond a molecular level). This intrigues me because as I child I often had dreams about reality as we know it (or the… Read More »