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Antelope Island, where the bison roam and the Wasatch flanks the landscape

#antelope island #bison #wildlife #beaches #landscapes #wasatch #utah #travel

I'm self-employed. Instead of paying for an office space, I hop in between wi-fi location and sometimes just stay at home. Now that it's spring, maybe we can all crawl out of our home offices and work outside.

#home offices #outside #outdoor home office #flexjobs #telecommuting #self employed #entrepreneurs

Love Your Mother. She Listens to You Complain

Happy Mother's Day!

I'm a big fan of my mom. Might be a weird thing to say. She's super tough, smart, and relentlessly positive, which I am not. I can't tell you how many times she's talked me out of a bad mood.

#bev kalinka #mother #mother's day #happy mothers day

Meditation to running water. Hope you don't have to pee.

#made with tumblr #gif #meditation #relax #running water #serenity

Line scoping at the Berlin Wall, AK

#snowboarding #alaska #splitboarding #rossignol #zeal optics #g3 #kora outdoor #honeystinger #backcountry #mackenzie ryan

White Rock Campground, Antelope Island State Park

#greatsaltlake #utah #bison #buffalo #west desert #white rock campground #Bridger bay #gunnison arm

Mill Creek Canyon

#millcreek #slc #ut #mackenzie ryan

Today was my first time touring Teton Pass. My buddy and I went up Coal Creek on the pass' north side. We were scoping out Mt Taylor, but I wasn't feeling it. So, we continued on to ride a comfortably steep bowl with a really bermy, creekside runout.

#splitboarding #tetons #wilson #teton gravity research #teton pass

The sights of Mt. Bachelor

#mt. bachelor #bend #oregon #snowboarding #volcanes

The Wasatch is shedding earlier than usual. See rollerballs below sagging cornices. I stayed on a low-angle, south-facing area in Big Cottonwood Canyon called USA Bowl. Pretty well-known spot. My buddy and I went up to the ridgeline to scope out the Monitors, which likely stayed bulletproof per most of the north to northeast-facing aspects. I am hoping the avy danger cycles through soon, and we can enjoy a great corn season.

#utah avalanche center #mackenzie ryan #g3 #usa bowl #big cottonwood canyon #utah #splitboarding #gear testing

Roadtrip I call "Hell No El Nino:" SLC to Crested Butte to Monarch to Vail

#monarch ski area #vail #salt lake city #mackenzie ryan #massif athletics #snowboarding #crested butte

Solitude Mountain Resort has a photo of me ripping pow on their Instagram. Super-stoked and grateful!

#solitude mountain resort #gregg trawinski #mackenzie ryan #dominator wax #venture snowboards #powder #snowboarding #freeriding

The past few weeks have been unusually warm. The Wasatch has held snow, but it feels more like springtime than mid-February. I used the lack of snow, and subsequent lack of motivation to ride, to take care of some much-needed business. One of the shots above is from a photo shoot for my wax sponsor, Dominator Wax. Another is part of a gear test for a goggle company. The top corner photo is Pete Carney, designer and molder of Verts, the climbing snowshoe. I am in the middle of changing up my quiver. I have been splitting on a Venture Euphoria, Sparks After Burner, and Voile set-up for two years. It's ideal for powder conditions, but not what I need for our spring-like snowpack in the Wasatch. Pete brought me some Verts so I could hike chutes and use my solid. Pretty excited!