Saturday December 28

Was at Blue again Saturday evening meeting up with running friend Rene around 4pm.  It was super icy and he had been out all day on his third and final day so we didn't hang out long.  Met up with JP and skied another couple of hours crossing paths with Karl and Darrell at the end of the night.

Wiped out pretty good exiting the Silver Bullet chair lift.   All I know is I was down hard on my tailbone and had the skis 180 deg to each other thank god the binding gave way!   Right knee is a bit tight today ...probably no big deal and the lower back is a wee bit tender!

That wipe out was followed by a near wipe out 2 runs later on Apple Bowl.   Thought there would be some snow along the North side of the run but I was wrong.  Ended up sideways almost in the snow ,  a momemntary down followed by a backwards V then straightened it up....no yard sale this time.

Rene

JP

Night 2

Made it to Blue after working Friday.   I was sick through the week but coming around Friday so I wasn't sure what to expect but was pleasantly surprised.     Add three runs to my trace snow data ...keep forgetting to start the app.   Conditions were pretty good ,  first few runs were tentative until I found my legs.   Met up with Patrick and  Darrel and two others.  They were late starting at 7 vs my 6 so I only hung out with them for a little over an hour with a planned long run scheduled the next morning. 

Thursday and Sunday

Two more trips to Blue last week.  Thursday Dec 12 during the day was really good!

Thursday

Loved the Legacy / Apple Bowl Run ,  it had just opened this week and the snow was fantastic! 

Sunday

Sunday was a blast 11 of us on the hill.   Left home at 2:30 pm and was skiing by 3:30 ...my earliest eve skiing start ever.   Met up with Patrick and gang at 6:00 pm and skied another hour before calling it a night.

Sundays Crew ...

Wednesday and Thursday

 Got out twice this week  starting both days before the official 09:00 am lift start.

On Dec 4th the snow was soft but true.  Love running the lift line under the Silver Bullet Chair.   Went for about 90 minutes before taking a coffee break and getting my skis tuned up.  When I went back out it was night and day the skis were grabbing like crazy ... tune up is worth it ,  only did a few more runs then called it a day.   It was the first day for the new coat ,   pants , googles and helmut.  All were fantastic ,   it was -1C and I was 100% comfortable with a light cotton layer under. 

On Dec 5th it was colder -4C and very hard but not icy.   The new edges gave me an edge.  Did more or less teh same thing as the day before.  Remember to start the trace snow app....