William Adam Naisbitt

March 29, 2017

8/31/1977 - 3/29/2017\r\n"The mountains are my bones, the rivers my veins"\r\nWilliam "Adam" Naisbitt left this world, and all of us, much too soon. His loss is a void that will\r\nnever be filled. Adam was born August 31, 1977 to Curt and Viki Naisbitt. He spent his\r\nchildhood surrounded by the mountains and lakes of Montana and developed a deep love of\r\nnature. Adam was an accomplished kayaker, climber and skier. He worked at UDOT as an\r\navalanche forecaster in Little Cottonwood Canyon and ski patrol at Alta where he did avalanche\r\ncontrol. Adam helped raise and train Fitzroy, one of Alta's avalanche dogs. Fitz meant the world\r\nto him. When he wasn't keeping Utah's mountains safe from avalanches, Adam spent summers\r\nworking for the Forest Service, climbing in Alaska and summiting Denali.\r\nAdam graduated from the University of Utah with a master's degree in Geographic Information\r\nScience. Adam navigated the world with kindness, and had a gift for helping others find their\r\nway. He was a deep thinker, an artist and a good friend who could always be counted on to\r\nshow up for someone in need.\r\nAdam is preceded in death by his father, Curt. He is survived by his mother, Victoria; sister,\r\nFrances; grandmother, Jane Potts Fisher and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, all of\r\nwhom loved him immensely and are heartbroken by his death.\r\nA life celebration will be held at 5:30pm on Friday, April 7, 2017, at 1944 Southmoor Drive,\r\nHolladay, UT 84117 followed by a service at 5:30pm on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Albion Grill\r\n(Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 10520 East Day Lodge Road, Alta, UT 84092). Please\r\nbring pictures and fond memories to share.\r\nIn lieu of flowers, please make donations in Adam's name to Salt Lake Behavioral Health.\r\n"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous leading to the most amazing view.\r\nMay your mountains rise into and above the clouds ... where something strange and more\r\nbeautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you - beyond that next\r\nturning of the canyon wall."-Edward Abbey\r\n