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Went back into the park today. The access road to the area we were going just reopened late yesterday afternoon due to Wednesday’s storm. It was a gorgeous day and we arrived about 10:30 to sunny skies and no wind.

 

The skin up started mellow then got steep. I am still figuring out the best way to go about things and on a particularly steep section I started to slide backwards a bit. Thought I would have more traction if I put one ski into the powder and get it out of the skin track. That was a huge mistake. I then tried to get it back on the track but it seemed harder to do then it should have been. Since my heel was loose whenever I lifted my ski the nose just stayed in the foot of powder. Here is a picture of how ridiculous this was.

 

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Overall a great day and I have a lot to learn with the transitions/etc.

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A well deserved lunch in town after.

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Yes Doug, blonde with unicorn head. Lol. I finished half the fries. Only had some Ezekiel bread w peanut butter for breakfast so I was hungry. That burger was lunch and dinner.

And it was a beef burger. Too hungry for a veggie burger.


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7 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

Beautiful pictures. You must be pretty tough to even try this....and all the guys can think about is what’s for lunch and the blonde with the horse head🙄

Please, don't say 'all the guys' when the only idiot that said that was Doug. 

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No action shots as I was in front of Shannon. She is just learning to ski and I give her a lot of credit for basically learning this way. It wasn’t pretty.  I still feel like my form goes to hell in powder. I have to learn just to trust the skis and let them run.  I must say the Zelda’s felt good though!  Skied the powder much better then my other ones. 

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5 minutes ago, Barb said:

No action shots as I was in front of Shannon. She is just learning to ski and I give her a lot of credit for basically learning this way. It wasn’t pretty.  I still feel like my form goes to hell in powder. I have to learn just to trust the skis and let them run.  I must say the Zelda’s felt good though!  Skied the powder much better then my other ones. 

Just look at pictures of Atomic Jeff and do what he does. 

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The area we went to in the park was formerly a ski area, closed in the early 90’s. Found an old trail map. We were in the area I circled but have no idea which ‘Trail’ we took down. Will have to pay more attention next time.


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Ordered this backpack. Decided to get a snow specific pack that fits all the avy gear properly. Have a shovel and beacon on order and found a used probe at a local shop. Can’t wait till all my stuff is in and I go out again!

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Also picked up this book. Lots of good spots in the park when I get more comfortable.


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9 hours ago, Barb said:

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Ordered this backpack. Decided to get a snow specific pack that fits all the avy gear properly. Have a shovel and beacon on order and found a used probe at a local shop. Can’t wait till all my stuff is in and I go out again!

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Also picked up this book. Lots of good spots in the park when I get more comfortable.


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Just living the dream!

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