The Wellsville Mountain Ski Patrol doesn't do first aid. Wooden and high school friend Tim Watkins, now a graduate student in the Landscape, Architecture, and Environmental Planning department at USU, began skiing in the Wellsville foothills in 1987, Wooden said. They drive up forest service roads from Mendon as high as they can, Wooden said, and then hike to the peaks of the range.
Some routes take longer.
We usually ski down in 15 minutes. Watkins said part of the attraction to skiing the Wellsvilles is quick access to the top. The WMSP drives about three miles to the wilderness boundary, Watkins said. You stare in awe at the ridge and cornices. It gets into your blood.