The new year is in full swing and I have been shooting like a mad-man. Graduations, basketball and lots of snow related assignments. Check out a sampling of what I have been up to below, as usual, click an image to enter the slideshow for the best viewing…
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- Ken Herron, a long-time volunteer with Coconino County Search and Rescue, stands in front of a snowcat being used to make a trail in the forest below Arizona Snowbowl to help direct backcountry skiers toward the main road.
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- Long-time Coconino County Search and Rescue volunteers Ken Herron, left, and Art Pundt, right, ride in a snowcat along Forest Road 522 with the goal of creating a trail that backcountry skiers can use to find their way back to the main road and prevent becoming lost.
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- Coconino County Search and Rescue volunteer Art Pundt walks toward a broken snowcat track which became separated from the machine after running over a large rock in the forest below Arizona Snowbowl.
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- Coconino County Search and Rescue volunteer Art Pundt radios into headquarters after his snowcat was damaged by a large rock while on a routine mission in the forest below Arizona Snowbowl.
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- Rene Coggins (1) of Northern Arizona University passes the ball during game action Saturday.
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- Coconino High School’s Brett McGowan (25) looks for a shot during game action against Ironwood Wednesday.
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- Spencer Timberlake (4) of Northland Preparatory Academy drives for the basket during game action Thursday against Yuma in the Pepsi Holiday Tournament.
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- Flagstaff High School’s Bridger Hershey (23) moves the ball during game action against Saguaro Saturday.
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- Flagstaff High School’s Mitch Thompson (24) jumps for a layup during game action against Saguaro Saturday.
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- Flagstaff High School student Ben Vining conducts the school orchestra during rehearsals for their winter concert.
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- Students listen as Northern Arizona University President Rita Cheng makes an address during commencement at the Walkup Skydome Friday morning.
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- A large fir tree trimmed with ornaments made by fourth graders at the San Francisco de Asis School stands in the common room of the Riordan Mansion. The historic home will be decorated for Christmas as it would have been 100-years-ago through January 4, 2016 with tours begining on the hour Thursdays through Mondays.
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- Jim David is the Arizona Daily Sun Citizen of the Year for 2015.
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- Sally Veazey has been named the Arizona Daily Sun Citizen of the Year for 2015.
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- Thousands of people crowd into the Wing Mountain Snow Play area Tuesday afternoon.
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- Anthony Castro and his son Alexander Castro, 7, disappear in a blanket of snow as they sled down the hill at Wing Mountain Snow Play Area Saturday morning.
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- Karen Carswell with the US Forest Service cleans up piles of broken and discarded sleds inside the Fort Valley Experimental Forest which is closed to the public.
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- A forest service pickup truck full of broken and discarded sleds left along the side of Fort Valley Road.
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- Wing Mountain Snow Play Area provides dumpsters and trash receptacles for snow players to discard of their broken sleds and other trash.
Taylor Mahoney Photography 