Surprise! Still Fresh!

By:  Greg
January 28, 2010 7:24 pm | Category: Quick Update, Skiing

Thursday was a one-and-done affair for me since I needed to be somewhere else not near the mountain by 10:30am. I met up with Ben for first chair. We gambled on one of our favorite lines being untouched still, and what do you know(?), we won!

No better way to start the day than with some fresh tracks!

Coffee and powder… perfect.

Legit.

Why not round out the morning with a wee-huck?

Coming up for air…

Now we all know Greg is willing to sacrifice pretty much anything for the shot…

But he didn’t have to today

Non-sequitur of the day:  We saw a flying squirrel while skiing in a band of mid-elevation birch trees. As far as I know, this is the first time I’ve ever seen one in the wild… I think this little guy was enjoying the new snow as much as we were!

Finally a parting shot

Ben drops stage 2 of a triple stage drop (Photo: Noah Harwood)

We’re back at it again tomorrow… A mega arctic front blew threw this afternoon, and laid down a cool half foot across much of the north country. Hopefully we don’t get too frostbit! Highs are forecast to be in the negative teens!

This post has been collected into VTah Part IV: The Most Surprising Snow on Earth.

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7 Comments

  1. Harvey44
    wrote on January 28th, 2010 at 8:08 pm  
    1

    I’m sure you be jussst finnne…. ;)

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  2. Ben
    wrote on January 28th, 2010 at 10:53 pm  
    2

    Added some more pictures…

    Today most certainly did not suck!

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    • Greg
      wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 9:44 pm  
      3

      SAAAA-weeet

  3. Other Ben
    wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 6:48 am  
    4

    Cool squirrel sighting!! Did you leave any for me?? I’m headed up there now to brave some cold and make some turns, peace

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    • Ben
      wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 8:01 am  
      5

      I’m sure you’ll be able to find a LITTLE untracked somewhere ;)

      have fun out there!

  4. Josh
    wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 9:40 pm  
    6

    Today was good, but cold. Still plenty of (wind-packed) fresh to be had.

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  5. K_C
    wrote on February 1st, 2010 at 1:05 pm  
    7

    that squirrel was giving you the evil eye, he’s pretty angry that you took his pow.

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