May Skiing

 

These days there is no snow in town and really no chance of it even snowing in town.  But on high above 2500 feet it still does snow, and there is still more snow on the ground than there has been all year.  We are just past maximum snowpack.  It is the best downhill skiing of the year.  And yet since there is no snow in town people do not think to go skiing.  Inevitably when I tell people we went skiing they say, 'there is still snow?'

So there is practically no one else on the mountain.  Everyday we see just the usual suspects - the hardcore few.  This is actually kind of hilarious because in February when there is snow in town the snow on the mountain is often icy, or wind-effected, and there are usually all sorts of people on the mountain.  The skiing is often awful and you do not even know half of the other skiers.  Yet now when the skiing is at its best we have it all to ourselves.

Patrick

Typical clouds lately

Going to ski off of the summit!

South Bowl tele turn sequence - part 1

part 2

part 3

Nora climbs back up out of the south bowl