Yesterday was supposed to be gloomy and wet, but when I woke up it was a glorious sunny day. Nora called and asked if I would take her skiing. It looked like it would be a perfect day. But first we had to wait until the afternoon and let the sunshine warm up the snow. I was hoping for sun warmed corn snow.
Then just before I picked her up to go skiing it clouded over and got gloomy. Away we went anyway. Up at the pass we found that despite the clouds the sun had done its work and the snow was soft. Later, I talked with some skiers who went early in the sunshine and they had encountered rock hard conditions - ice and ruts.
So it ended up perfect - we skinned up the hill and did one long run. Nora carved her turns in the deep corn snow. When we got to the bottom she wanted to go back up for another run. I was tempted, and while we were contemplating putting the skins back on the skis it started to rain. Time to go home! Patrick
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