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I took a personal day off on Tuesday to
Mar. 12th, 2008 07:55 amski down sheets of ice noted as "black diamond" (expert runs) at Bear Valley ski resort on Mt Reba.
I doubt there were more than 3 dozen people on the mountain in addition to the 2-3 classes of kids (4-8 yr olds doing advanced runs), so it felt like it was MY mountain for the day.
There was a 2hr window where the sun softened the snow and it reminded me of gliding across gelato and not facing frozen death. When I made my turns, snowy spray shot out in my wake. I kept thinking there was someone following me, but it was just the sound of my own air-borne wake hitting the slopes. Then the slopes refroze around 3 pm and the last hour was once again spent on ice. However, instead of being smooth sheets of ice like in the morning, it was chopped and cut with the uneven, deep tracks where skiiers and boarders had created trails when the snow was soft. That type of terrain is tricky and begs the skiis to get stuck in a rut and throw you off balance. Fortunately, I got through my day without falling and I have no soreness today; just the afterglow of a great day of skiing.
And maybe a bit of wind-burn.
( the outcome of the bet )
I doubt there were more than 3 dozen people on the mountain in addition to the 2-3 classes of kids (4-8 yr olds doing advanced runs), so it felt like it was MY mountain for the day.
There was a 2hr window where the sun softened the snow and it reminded me of gliding across gelato and not facing frozen death. When I made my turns, snowy spray shot out in my wake. I kept thinking there was someone following me, but it was just the sound of my own air-borne wake hitting the slopes. Then the slopes refroze around 3 pm and the last hour was once again spent on ice. However, instead of being smooth sheets of ice like in the morning, it was chopped and cut with the uneven, deep tracks where skiiers and boarders had created trails when the snow was soft. That type of terrain is tricky and begs the skiis to get stuck in a rut and throw you off balance. Fortunately, I got through my day without falling and I have no soreness today; just the afterglow of a great day of skiing.
And maybe a bit of wind-burn.
( the outcome of the bet )
