News

5.12.08

Pictures and the Report from Backcountry skiing in the Sierras are finally posted.

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4.30.08

Pictures from skiing with Tushar Mountain Tours up.

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1.28.08

Playing around with blogging softwear. Check out the latest updates on the new ski blog.

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12.18.07

New Page: See the freak's compendium of favorite ski tours.

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12.01.07

Winter is finally here. Check out the December blogski.

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11.30.07

Foothill is currently sworn to slience and unable to blog while completing a BC equipment review. Blogging will resume after the article runs sometime in December.

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11.20.07

Miserable log of snowless November ski days now posted. Don't look, you might cry, like I currently am.

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10.01.07

Team Freak is home from the Andes. Check out the picts starting with Portillo. Don't miss the shots of Volcan Llaima or of Volcan Villarica.

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05.29.07

A Memorial Day weekend road trip discovers excellent skiing on Mount Nebo and in the Tushars, but strikes out in Great Basin National Park.

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05.20.07

The road to Mirror Lake is open, time to ski the Uintas. May and April trip reports now posted.

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03.14.07

Explored the major carnage cause by a Gobblers Knob Avalanche

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03.04.07

Check out some of the Freaks Favorite Ski Photos on this new page.

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02.27.07

The Baldy Knoll trip report is in. Also, good news for dusk patrollers: daylight savings time ends a few weeks earlier this year. Be ready to freak after work come March 12th.

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02.20.07

Check out the Shrine Mountain trip report.

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02.04.07

A trans-canyon tour from Spruces to Millcreek and a little lesson on how to handle forgotten skins.

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01.27.07

A fun trans-canyon tour via crampons and Little Pine Chute.

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01.17.07

Our dawn patrol suffered from a bad case of tupperware fake-out.

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01.17.07

I'm attempting to add a database to ff.com to help manage the glossary. For now check out the ski glossary here.

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12.11.06

The Praise is in. See what leaders in the ski industry are saying about foothillfreak.com, now 5 years old.

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12.08.06

December Ski Blog now posted.

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11.26.06: Turkey Tours!

A small portion of Team Freak actually braved the skanky snow conditions and skied over the Thanksgiving holiday. Check out the Deer Valley and the Uinta report.

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11.13.06

It's official. A Bazillian cars parked up at Alta all weekend is proof that ski season has begun. If you were up on high rustler around 4:30 on sunday, you got to see an amazing snow blowing induced halo rainbow.

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8.7.06

August ski day coming up this weekend! I think I finally fixed a bug with the FF site redesign. If you don't see drop down menus appear when you roll over the navigation,please let me know!

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7.8.06

Foothillfreak.com is making the switch to PHP. You may experience some technical difficulties, I sure am! Check out the report from Mount Adams Southwest Chute.

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6.3.06

Finally! Snowbird's Pipeline Couloir.

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5.21.06

May fun: skied The Seagull on Mount Tuscarora.

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5.10.06

Feasting on pine nuts and sleeping by the streams, check out the Deep Creeks Report.

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4.19.06

Back from the North Country. Check out the Fairy Meadows trip report, Eh?

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3.12.06

Foothills Update: There is currently just enough snow for turns in the terrace hills area. Go at night so you can see the sparks!

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3.8.06

Pug Patrol, Princess Patrol, and the Aussies return from Commisary Ridge Yurt. Check out the damage from the tetons.

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Welcome to Foothillfreak.com

Foothill Freak is a website about skiing in the backcountry. It features a ski blog about touring in the Wasatch Mountains, near Salt Lake City, Utah. It also features an in-depth glossary of ski terms and ski slang. Other topics covered are skiing, snowboarding, split-boarding, backcountry tourning, ski mountaineering, skiing with dogs, and the occasional peak bagging.