For a few years now I've been trying to get out on New Year's Eve for sunset photos. In 2011, zerodog and I stepped it up by going out for a little backcountry ski tour on New Year's Eve. For 2012 we went really big and did a big ski tour in the Brighton backcountry, above Salt Lake City. It was a pretty solid adventure, too. I'm not sure what the mileage was but we took one lift up and then climbed 10,500 foot Mt. Millicent, descended to a saddle and then skinned to the top of Wolverine Peak, at about 10,800 feet. I've got a whole bunch of photos, all of which were taken with the Olympus TG1 waterproof point-and-shoot. This first batch was taken while we were climbing Mt. Millicent, just out the gate at Brighton Ski Resort.
Jenni, on one of the steeper sections:
Our fearless leader, Greg, near the top of "Milly."
About halfway up, looking east, with Brighton Ski Resort down below:
Kevin, topping out on Mt. Millicent: