A week of no snow? Well, I guess I can handle it. It’s been pretty foggy all winter, some visibility is nice.
Another short tour today, just for the helluvit. It’s nice at 7200’ today.
A few slednecks are out, but that’s about all.
No shortage of untracked around, at least.
..and yet another set of tracks down that same north face. Every week, I’ve got the only tracks out there. I actually boot packed (no skins) today, and it took all of half an hour to get over there.
Something like 6 runs for the little girl on the bunny hill today. She’s not quite on her own yet, but she’s getting close.
She’s getting a bit of a carve there. You can even see some snow spraying up from the edges (plastic ones though they might be).
I got this pic of some random competitor at the Nor-Am bump comp going on. I was hitting up some pocket pow inbounds, and popped out of the trees just in time to see this guy throw down a full/full in the bumps. I can’t get over the level of skiing going on around here.
Ummm…make your own caption. I can’t do this one justice.
In case you’ve been wondering why I’ve been showing so much skiing and not biking, here’s your answer.
Now that Jorgen, head of the coaching program for the younger ski racers at Apex, has wrecked his collarbone (a long story involving some high tech skis, and out of control snow blade-r, a rough epoxy job, and some bad judgment while fore running a downhill race), it looks like I’ll be doing lots more coaching.
5 year olds are amazing.
I can remember skiing this mountain when I was six, and believe me, it wasn’t like how these kids ski.
I think part of it might be how they’re sizing skis for kids now. You used to put your arm straight up in the air, and that was how long your skis were supposed to be. I like this new program with the short fat boards. The most impressive part of this gig has been the six year old asian girls. Double black diamonds and big airtime. At six. I love ruining stereotypes.
Speaking of stereotypes, it’s the idjits from North Shore Ski and Board.
If you look carefully, you can see Bret’s tracks off the roof of the ski shop in the background. It’s amazing how similar those tracks look to a strained MCL in a knee, eh? Good luck on the rehab, Bret.
Another week, another set of fresh tracks on the north face of the shoulder. That avvie debris is not as gnarly as it looks from this vantage. It was a small cornice drop that pushed some light sluff down. Apex remained surprisingly stable all season, and laying down solo runs in the off-piste was not a risky proposition.
Keeping with the Olympic spirit at the local luge track.
Another nice day ending at the Heavens. Sunshine and cold brews.
