MEN ON FIRE
I'm a little tired today. Went up to Crystal Mountain yesterday and had that hard-charging ski day I was looking for. What a good release, good exercise, and so much fun. Got home around 1:30 am from some parties, packed up my ski stuff, and then got up again at 5:45 am. It can be hard getting going in the morning, but so awesome by the time you're done with the first turn.
Got up to Crystal at a good time, just when the lifts started to run. They had from 8-11" of new snow. The lifts were running full speed and there was hardly anybody up at the mountain. Then both the North and South Backcountry opened and it was on.
My ski buddy Adam is into counting the runs we do during the day. If I remember correctly, here's the tally: 21 total runs, of which we did 1 South Backcountry hike, 4 North Backcountry runs, and rode from the top of the mountain to the bottom 9 times. Also did what might have been my first true top to bottom run without stopping. Well almost top to bottom. I rode from the top of the Rainier Express lift down Right Angle, then straight into Left Angle all the way down to the I-90 traverse out. Feels so good to be in shape.
I meant to take more photos from the day but it was so good and we weren't stopping. Just didn't have the patience to set up for photo's. The light wasn't good, but the image above is laying down a powder turn.
There's a couple storm systems lining up but it's a little on the warm side. Hopefully it stays cold and I'll get another good day in on Tuesday.
Merry Christmas.