Sunset Ski

 

Yesterday I took the dogs up Pyramid for the first time in almost 2 weeks.  I was kinda surprised that the conditions were still about the same as they had been when I last went - deep with no base down low and rime on high.  There has been no rain or warm conditions to consolidate the snow.  But still pretty good skiing and there is an inch or 2 of dry new snow on top.  And, best of all it is easy to ski to the car.  

The snow down low is still too deep for the dogs. So on the way down I had to ski along side the beaten in uptrack so that the dogs had a trail to follow.  Whenever they left the trail they posthole up over their shoulders.  

At the parking lot we ran into Bode's sister Roo.  We first ran into her last May on a Near Island hike (click here for post about Bode and sister).  Bode and her sister are amazingly similar and raced around playing.  Her owner is a big snowboarder so I have a feeling they will be seeing a lot of each other. He told us her adoption name was 'Hershey' which matches the photo of her and Bode when they were pups (on old blog post linked above).  In the photo she is brown and Bode black.  

It's funny but this time of the year 2:30 in the afternoon qualifies as 'sunset'.  The sun is low in the sky and it is dark by 5PM.  Unlike nearer the equator it does set rather slowly - raking along the horizon rather than dipping quickly below the rim.

Patrick

Bode plays with his sister Roo