It snowed all day yesterday and a little last night, so I was keen to get out early today and into a little powder. Unfortunately today is a little warm (around 34F/1C down here in the valley at 7000ft) so while there was plenty of snow it was just a little bit heavier than earlier in the week. Don't get me wrong - I still had a great time skiing some deep stuff, it's just harder on the legs!
I started off down upper Buddy's, across Calf Roper and the down Typhoon where there was some nice soft stuff.
Second run was through the trees on Storm Peak South, through a nice stash of untracked powder on the side of Dusk and then across Rainbow and down Hurricane where as I was coming over the lip of a catwalk a guy on sit ski shot past me and did a twenty foot jump. Here's a guy who can't use his legs but is still a better skier than 95% of the people on the mountain. Awesome. I think it was this guy.
Third run was back through the trees on Storm Peak South (can you tell I liked that one?) but this time all the way down Rainbow.
Then some bumps on Whiteout, down upper Vagabond and some more bumps on Surprise.
Finally all the way down Vagabond and home for the mandatory apres ski hot chocolate.
We've got a cold front coming through and snow forecast all night, so I'm hoping for some truly awesome powder skiing tomorrow. Apparently Warren Miller and his crew are here filming this week so you never know, you just might see me on film. I'll be the one with the ear to ear grin.
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