Tuesday, January 1, 2013

BC Ski

Mike breaking trail

Crossroads

Over the 6" bridge

Tea break

Big

Me breaking trail

History lesson

Coffee/lunch

Ice globber aka ski cicle from stream

Sled dog action

Begin the descent
Went for a great ski with Mike today at Little River State Park. 6 hours of fun.We met at the Waterbury Park N Ride and headed to Little River. Got there around 7:30. Headed out on some gentle rolling park roads past the lake and dam to the ranger station. After a snack we headed out and up Hedgehog Trail and up up up. Amazing powder and traces of a former skiier. We stopped for Jetboil coffee and snacks and then bombed down to our starting point. Heading down was iffy due to being forced into a narrow track about 12" deep. Several times I resorted to the butt brakes as my connective tissue is not as limber as it once was and I had visions of torn ligaments as my speed increased with no room to turn or snowplow. Worked pretty well as long as I bombed down and did little mini plow/tele turns. Sloppy and ugly but it worked. A beautiful day greatly enjoyed.

1 comment:

bmike said...

was a good day out. funny to have G+ to comment, and I see this in my reader. have to remember to come here to drop a note.

new skis on the way. have to pick up some skills. bolton-trapps late february if i get my butt out to practice and get my cardio in better shape?