We woke up this morning to clear skies, sunshine, and a couple inches of fresh snow. It was warmer than yesterday, hitting 30F at mid mountain. After gathering our freshly tuned skis, we hopped on the (now operating) gondola and went to the top of Dercum mountain. From there we took a long cruiser, Mozart, to the Northpeak area. From there we took another lift and run to the Outback area. The runs here, although rated intermediate, were steeper and more challenging that expected. We skied long groomed runs down the face -- Elk Run and Porcupine. They were challenging, and we took a pit stop afterwards, lunching on the deck at the base, while birds hovered about hoping to cadge a Cheetoh crumb or two.
After that we took Prospector down to Lower Mozart and then went back to the top of Dercum. The ski runs on the back parts of the mountain were generally less buffed out and tougher than the front face. Now that we had more snow on the main area, we tried Frenchman's run, which was excellent. As an extra bonus, we hooted and hollered in pidgin French as we raced down the hill. "Pardonez Moi!" The thicker and more Inspector Clouseau the accent...the better. After that we took one more run down Irishman, whose conditions near the bottom made it stressful.
We're having Andy's special turkey chili tonight, along with a pan of my jalapeno cornbread, plus Yuji's excellent salad.
We woke up this morning to clear skies, sunshine, and a couple inches of fresh snow. It was warmer than yesterday, hitting 30F at mid mountain. After gathering our freshly tuned skis, we hopped on the (now operating) gondola and went to the top of Dercum mountain. From there we took a long cruiser, Mozart, to the Northpeak area. From there we took another lift and run to the Outback area. The runs here, although rated intermediate, were steeper and more challenging that expected. We skied long groomed runs down the face -- Elk Run and Porcupine. They were challenging, and we took a pit stop afterwards, lunching on the deck at the base, while birds hovered about hoping to cadge a Cheetoh crumb or two.
After that we took Prospector down to Lower Mozart and then went back to the top of Dercum. The ski runs on the back parts of the mountain were generally less buffed out and tougher than the front face. Now that we had more snow on the main area, we tried Frenchman's run, which was excellent. As an extra bonus, we hooted and hollered in pidgin French as we raced down the hill. "Pardonez Moi!" The thicker and more Inspector Clouseau the accent...the better. After that we took one more run down Irishman, whose conditions near the bottom made it stressful.
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