1st ski tour of the season

First off, CONGRATS to the Pilot for winning the Colorado State Cyclocross Championships yesterday! That's rad. Dubba and him sprinting to a finish that found the Pilot only a foot, if that, ahead of Dubba for the win. Classic. Now on to today, and SKIING!

Yep, begin the posts with lots and lots of pictures of snow, people's backs skiing ahead of me thru the snow, wind scoured peaks, and of course pictures of my sweet turns on powdered glades.

The Redneck, or as I shall now call him - Hayride (unless i hear objections), on the Holmenkollens with Haystack in the view. Right about here, even in the absence of the most common element of this place (gale force winds) we both froze our fingers off. It was zero at the house upon leaving but we heard it was an inversion so were hopeful it'd be warmer. Not so much.

I brought out the leather's and Combat's today. Seemed like a good idea as we knew we were going to be battling horrible snow cover and rocks covered in just an inch or two of the driest snow on earth.

The sky kept trying to snow but the RH was just too low (56% at DVR). Hayride was right when he said it was like the air was crystallizing - you can kinda see that in the picture above - blue sky and white air.

I wish I got some pics of the narrow, rock-filled, tobaggan run back to the parking area (which now has two spanking new restrooms by the way!). Many near misses and forced tele/alpine turns made for an exciting run.

Pitiful snow cover. Another storm is on it's way for Monday night so hopefully that'll get us back up to average. Word is, a big one is brewing off the Pacific Coast right now too, so we may be in for a good set!