More Xterra National Photos

Here are some pics of the top finishers and competitors from the Xterra Nationals held at Snowbasin Utah. Awesome racing by all athletes today, good job!

2nd place finisher Dan Hugo

Nico LeBrun chasing down the competition in Wheeler Creek

Melanie McQuaid 1st Place Womens

Lance Armstrong at Xterra Nationals

I was fortunate enough to capture some shots of Lance Armstrong in his return to a competitive event since the Tour de France at the Xterra Nationals. The Xterra is an offroad triathlon with the national title event held at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden Utah every year. Here are some of the photos of Lance competing at the event. Lance finished 5th after 1. Nico Lebrun 2. Dan Hugo 3. Josiah Middaugh and 4. Conrad Stoltz. Awesome racing by these guys today.

Riding up Wheeler Canyon from Pineview reservoir.

Finishing the mountain biking section.

Heading towards the finish line

Canyon Walls

The walls of waterfall canyon are lined by these layered cliffs showing all the different strata of rock the was created and then ultimately pushed out of the earth when the Wasatch Range was created.

Waterfall Canyon

Some pictures from Waterfall Canyon Trail in Ogden, UT.

View from Waterfall Canyon into Ogden

Busy Bee

Busy bee doing it's pollination work on some wild sunflowers that bloom in late summer in the Wasatch Front.

Silver King Mine

Pictures of the remains of the old Silver King mine in Park City. This mine had the highest output of silver in it's heyday in the world.

Aspen Grove

Aspen Groves in Park City.

Rio Grande Station

Picture of the old Rio Grande station in Salt Lake City.

Ogden Canyon - Spring

This was taken from the Indian trail that follows above Ogden Canyon looking into Ogden and the Great Salt Lake.

Photo of the Day

A shot looking into Ogden Canyon from a lookout off of Indian Trail.

Mountain Road

I was going through the "archives" and saw this photo that was taken back in November in the Wasatch Mountains. It was taken in the afternoon during a sunny day which clouds were rolling in around the mountains in the Snowbasin area.

Picture of the Day

This was taken Sunday from Lookout Point on the bench of Mt. Ogden looking at Ben Lomond which is believed to be the inspiration of the Paramount Pictures Logo.