With the Tour of Anchorage completed there is no longer any need to train on XC skis. Life returns to normal and I don't have to ski 'desperation' snow on my skinny skis. The snow is still pretty desperate, but now, at least, I can use hardy downhill ski gear to negotiate the ice and slush. A couple of days ago I realized that I had not gone downhill skiing in almost 2 weeks!
Yesterday it was snowing pretty hard for my after work skiing and while the ski conditions were actually pretty good - it was hard to see where I was going! Down low I had the trees, exposed ground and bushes to create points of reference but up high it was all white. A total whiteout.
On the way up I looked closely at all the alpine plants poking up through the snow. It looks like the crowberry is actually blooming - or are those mummified flowers from last year? Hard to believe an alpine berry would bloom so early - even the high bush blueberries in the park are just barely budding out. Patrick
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