I’ve been really pissy lately.

The last few weeks have been rough ones. The anticipation of snowfall creates an unconscious anxiety that seems to permeate every other aspect of life.

Like any exciting project, it just doesn’t happen soon enough. Early season tours are great, but that first day when you finally get to sink a bottomless turn completely redefines my perspective. Unlike all the usual day-to-day work, errands, logistics, the reward actually exceeds the effort.

A simple hike up Glory rewards you with the ability to dump your brain of past and future.

In snow, the moment is finally realized; no anticipation of future, no regret of past. It all makes sense again and the brain gets balanced.

On Novenber 29 Ullr blessed us with balance: bottomless turns on the pass, followed by Darrell Miller’s annual stoke fest a day later and Apres Vous spinning laps the day after that. After a winter with 300 inches, and a Village without a clock tower, there seems to be hope again. Happy Winter!

Award-winning producer Jon “JK” Klaczkiewicz is a passionate skier and athlete with a Master’s Degree from the University of Colorado. He is currently producing a new documentary film on the most infamous underground ski fraternity in North America: The Jackson Hole Air Force.

All photographs courtesy Shroder Baker.