> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.novaugust.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Seasons Change - URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/seasons-change-quickdraws-to-skis/ - Published: 2014-11-25T19:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-20T15:58:50.000Z - Author: Matt Enlow - Tags: backcountry, @breskaggs, post, glory, @reidmccallum, bicycle, Climbing, Jackson, Photo Journal, skiing, snow king, city of rocks, castle rock, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43 *Cover: The trees over Persephone, taken while enjoying coffee with [Matt](https://blog.novaugust.net/symmetry-spire) one afternoon* ### Green to Gold ![Snow King from Bre's place](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/20140928_183448.jpg) Snow King after a week of rain, from my friend's balcony. ![Ninjin-kun in the fall](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/20141010_181728.jpg) Nothing says "Fall" like my [bike and golden leaves](https://blog.novaugust.net/bike-and-hikari/) ![Fall food](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/20141015_124302.jpg) Or downed leaves and a meal on the porch. ![First snow](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/20141012_163043.jpg) But it's coming to an end when you see the first capping of snow on the mountains. #### City of Rocks After thirty emails back and forth, I finally went out with a new climbing partner, and now friend, Andrew. ![Climbing Gear](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/1-IMG_1332.JPG) Our first day we climbed: - **Adolescent Homosexual**: 5.7 \*\* Trad, with the best nut placement of my life - **Dykes on Harleys**: 5.4 Trad. Easy stuff is so much scarier than proper cracks - **Intruding Dike**: 5.7 \* Trad. Finger pro and patina pulling. Cold in the dark and the wind. - **Built for Comfort**: 5.9 \* Sport. A fun way to finish our day, racing the last rays of sun to the anchor. We camped that night, countering cold air and cold beers with a warm fire. ![Fireplace](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/2-IMG_1343.JPG) #### Castle Rock Sunday we packed camp and drove down the dirt roads to Castle Rock. ![Andrew at Castle Rock](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/3-IMG_1349.JPG) Castle Rock was a place of fun, easy, multipitch sport climbing. We climbed - **Big Time** 4p 5.7 \* At pitch 3, I tried an 11a variation but backed off after a few falls on the second bolt. The last pitch was the winner, alpine-esque and fun. ![Me, belaying Zinger](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/6-113_0247.JPG) - **Zinger** 3p 5.8 \*\* My most successful rope-basket rappel ever. ![Andrew Seconding Zinger](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/4-IMG_1373.JPG) ![Andrew leading Zinger](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/5-IMG_1379.JPG) - **Shock and Awe**: 10a \*\*\* Classic. Amazing. Great. Fantabulous. My body still knows every move. The frosting on a wonderful weekend. *(Not pictured)* ### Quickdraws to Skis Then the snow came... ![Snowy Chair](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/01-20141114_095512.jpg) ...and teased me with this view out my back door... ![My backyard mountain](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/02-20141117_080742.jpg) ... but I had no ski pants. So when the landscape changed, so did where I played: outside to in. Chris's garage gym helped me weather a snowy Sunday. ![Chris's Gym](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/03-20141116_155723.jpg) And a bicycle in the living room got my heart beating when I would've rather been on a skin track. ![Bicycle tiny](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/2-2014-11-20.jpg) When I *did* find my pants, I had to get out and put them to use *immediately*. I put my skis on my pack, and biked four blocks to Snow King, my backyard mountain. ![Bike and Skis](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/05-20141118_192133.jpg) ![Jackson, from Snow King](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/07-20141118_200334.jpg) #### Glory Later, Jeremy took me up the Glory bootpack for the first time. A two hour door-to-door backcountry bonanza, first thing before work. ![Coming up Glory](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/09-slack_for_ios_upload--1-.jpg) ![Gearing up at the top of Glory](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/08-slack_for_ios_upload.jpg) I went up it again on Saturday, in search of rocks with Reid and Bre. ![Reid coming up](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/10-20141122_092101.jpg) ![Reid and Bre skiing](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2014/11/11-20141122_093736.jpg) I'm now down in Moab, about to head to [the Creek](https://blog.novaugust.net/tag/indian-creek) for five more days of climbing before settling in to a season of Powder back [home](https://blog.novaugust.net/tag/jackson).