Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Maybe the last day of skiing
Today may have been the last day of skiing, which means I did not ski a million vertical feet, which I'm actually fine with. I honestly had a chance, but when I made it up to the mountain today, I saw they had the Lake Chutes open for the first time in a couple of weeks. Instead of bombing easy slopes, I just decided to head up to Lake Chutes. After one warm up run, I headed up. The hike to the top was really tough because it was half small boulders, half really slushy snow. I again skied the headway of the Y chute. It was amazing. Unfortunately, I had to hike back to the lift, but I decided to do the hike one more time. I think the hike took me twice as long the second time around. The chute was amazing again, but my legs were spent. I just decided to call it a day. As I was skiing down to my condo, I fell. I didn't just fall once, but fell TWICE on a green run back to my condo. I think that is a perfect ending to this year. Skiing the hardest line on the mountain, then later in the run falling twice on one of the easiest runs on the hill. My legs have just hit a wall. Skiing 31 out of the last 36 days is my limit.
Friday, April 6, 2012
It's been a while............
So, even though all I really do all day is ski, for some reason I have been really busy. Sorry for all those people that I have meant to get back to, specifically Eric, Toby, and Rob. I have just been avoiding the real world since I'm sad my 3 months is almost up. I will get back to you as soon as possible.
A lot has happened since I have posted.
Since Josh made me the excel sheet planning out every day of skiing, I think I will get to 1,000,000 feet of vertical. I have skied 27 of the past 32 days and have skied a total of 569,914 in those 27 days. Pretty crazy. And yes, my legs are starting to get tired. My parents came out for 5 days which was great. We skied Copper one day and Breckenridge two days. We also went up to Steamboat to go to the hot springs up there. The next time I have any visitors, I am taking them there. It is definitely worth the two hour drive.
Then Erin and Tom came out and they killed me. We skied 4 days in a row, hard. Two days at Breck, one a Copper, and Gaper Day at A-Basin. The first day at Breck, I took them up to Peak 7, the best snow on the mountain and the steepest part of the mountain other than Lake Chutes. We did have to hike twice, once over a rock field about 200 feet long, but it was worth it. Then Sunday, Gaper Day. For those that don't know the term gaper, it is an insult to a skier/boarder, basically saying they don't know what they are doing. It comes from the gap between the helmet and goggles that most people have, even good skiers. A synonym is BBRG (Buffalo Bills Rodeo Gangster). April 1st is a day to dress like a Texan, who is a stereotypical Gaper, with jeans tucked into the boots and starter jackets. For those in the east, just think New Jersey. Back to the actual day. We reserved a spot and started the day off with egg, bacon and cheese burritos on my stove with mimosas. We then strapped on our snowblades and rock skis. It was in the 50's all day. There was a ton of daffy's, spread eagles, adult beverages and mud/rock skiing. The snow was actually good, so we skied quite a bit. For a comparison, it is extremely like Foxfield, except involves skill. A local DJ was there and brought his speakers in his truck. You could hear the music at the lodge halfway up the mountain. Great day.
The past couple of days, I have just been skiing by myself, getting a good goggle tan and trying to kill myself in the park. I was also able to ski Lake Chutes one last day. The snow was so good, I was able to ski the headwall of the main chute, which felt really good. I have been eyeing it all year, and I think I was one of the first ones to do in a while. Hopefully I will get my videos up, so you can at least some footage from Gaper Day.
Since Josh made me the excel sheet planning out every day of skiing, I think I will get to 1,000,000 feet of vertical. I have skied 27 of the past 32 days and have skied a total of 569,914 in those 27 days. Pretty crazy. And yes, my legs are starting to get tired. My parents came out for 5 days which was great. We skied Copper one day and Breckenridge two days. We also went up to Steamboat to go to the hot springs up there. The next time I have any visitors, I am taking them there. It is definitely worth the two hour drive.
Then Erin and Tom came out and they killed me. We skied 4 days in a row, hard. Two days at Breck, one a Copper, and Gaper Day at A-Basin. The first day at Breck, I took them up to Peak 7, the best snow on the mountain and the steepest part of the mountain other than Lake Chutes. We did have to hike twice, once over a rock field about 200 feet long, but it was worth it. Then Sunday, Gaper Day. For those that don't know the term gaper, it is an insult to a skier/boarder, basically saying they don't know what they are doing. It comes from the gap between the helmet and goggles that most people have, even good skiers. A synonym is BBRG (Buffalo Bills Rodeo Gangster). April 1st is a day to dress like a Texan, who is a stereotypical Gaper, with jeans tucked into the boots and starter jackets. For those in the east, just think New Jersey. Back to the actual day. We reserved a spot and started the day off with egg, bacon and cheese burritos on my stove with mimosas. We then strapped on our snowblades and rock skis. It was in the 50's all day. There was a ton of daffy's, spread eagles, adult beverages and mud/rock skiing. The snow was actually good, so we skied quite a bit. For a comparison, it is extremely like Foxfield, except involves skill. A local DJ was there and brought his speakers in his truck. You could hear the music at the lodge halfway up the mountain. Great day.
The past couple of days, I have just been skiing by myself, getting a good goggle tan and trying to kill myself in the park. I was also able to ski Lake Chutes one last day. The snow was so good, I was able to ski the headwall of the main chute, which felt really good. I have been eyeing it all year, and I think I was one of the first ones to do in a while. Hopefully I will get my videos up, so you can at least some footage from Gaper Day.
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