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# First Turns
- URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/first-turns/
- Published: 2015-12-13T05:24:31.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-13T05:45:46.000Z
- Author: Matt Enlow
- Tags: Jackson, post, teton pass, edelweiss, skiing, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43

The snow was really, actually coming down for the first time since I came back to Jackson nearly two weeks ago.

[Wade](http://baconandclimbing.com/?ref=blog.novaugust.net) and I decided to enjoy the frozen precip by poaching a hot tub in the evening, and nabbing our first turns of the season on the pass in the morning.

Of the two, the second bit went much more smoothly. *("Excuse me, are you guests? ... And what's your room number?")*

### Edelweiss

Pulling on my boots at the top of the pass, a familiar face skinned by my car.

> "Matt?"

![Matt Stech](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2015/12/P3130541.jpg)

[Mr. Stech](https://blog.novaugust.net/rumors-of-my-demise/#agloriouswhaletail) joined Wade and I, or maybe he let us join him, and we three set out for Edelweiss.

At the top, done with my transition and waiting, my mind drifted. I stretched out my arm in front of me, pinky to the ground, and dropped my thumb until it was next to my palm.

*Man, I could really go for some good cracks right now...*

My thoughts may have drifted to desert splitters up there, but after the focused joy of riding down my own little bit of heaven, I came back to where I was and why I was there.

After nine months of travel, I rediscovered why I made Jackson *home*, not just *home-base*.

It was the first day of Winter, the year's first turns, and a beautiful reminder that there's more fun to be had than just climbing.

![Matt and Wade skinng](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2015/12/P3130545-1.jpg)