Bring Your Snorkels

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The past three weeks have been snowy...very snowy. It was waist to chest deep on Tuesday..55 inches in 48 hrs.. After all the work was done we got first run down Viva, the first face-shot caused me to burst out in laughter and after awhile I was fighting for air. It was awesome.

Wednesday was a bluebird powder day. I waited in the Gondola line for two and half hours and then had one of the greatest days of my life.

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Photos

02-17-09
That was a good day at work.

Top of the World
Balls is obvious cliff in the middle with a short chute above. I hit it my first run of the day on Wednesday.

Oppor
This is Robert skiing up for a look at balls.

Climax
Blue bird first tracks on Climax

Morning Commute
More snow means more Cat Skiing.

Back side
This is a good shot of the back chutes...hole in the wall is in the middle

Chair 14
Dos Pasos is what we are looking at, under the chair line of 14. Rhimmed and sort of filled-in. It's much better than it was last year.

Hole in the Wall
Andrew and the exit of Hole in the Wall

Whoa
Scott and Mark assessing the impact

Diving Board
This is Scott's landing off the Diving Board...45ft.

Iced Chair
The first storm after the January drought was very wet. It rained at the base, sleeted at chair 4 and wet snowed up high. The ice was thick and everywhere. Those were hard days of breaking sleds and line.

Ice Water Rescue
In January, we did a lot of training. In the lake by Mid-Station we did some ice training. It was fun. This is Matt Hilgers on the left and me on the right.

Never fear Phil is here
The suits were extremely boyant. I'm the one in the water applying the float and harness.