WORDS & PHOTOS • ROCKO MENZYK (@rockomenzyk)
A few days ago on, June 9th, I went and shot a jump that goes over a snow retaining fence at Alta, which has turned into a spring classic here at the ski area. This season, the iconic fence was buried under 626 inches of snow—and that’s not even including one of the snowiest Mays we’ve ever had in Little Cottonwood Canyon. After shooting this jump last year, I returned exactly one year and a month later and was blown away at the few extra feet that still surrounded the fence. More snow than last year, that’s for sure. The guys hit the jump for a few hours, and I switched up my angle throughout the time. Some of my favorite shots came from shooting low by the fence and, once we got some evening light, from halfway up the in-run. Once the light faded behind Mt. Superior, and the landing quickly became dark and the snow firm, we called it. To cap things off, we enjoyed some cold beers at our trucks, watched the alpenglow around us and felt fortunate to be doing what we love so late in the year.
