Category: N.O.S.
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Snow
Spent the day on the sharp end, beating myself up squeezing every cent of a 20 dollar lift ticket at Snowbowl. The big runs weren’t open, but plenty of powder was to be found. My legs hurt. HURT. Happy. Off to Ohio, back, ? Happy Holidays.
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Lolo
Lolo Pass is a wonderful place. It’s the pass L&C used to git into Idaho, about an hour SW of here. About 2k higher than town, and surrounded with not-to-big hills, logging roads, and patchworks of cuts regrowing. A perfect variety of ski terrain, intensely concentrated. Most relevantly, it’s a big fat snow trap,…
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Word(s) of the day
-30 with ‘chill; time to go for a (short) ride. Add.: Back with all digits intact. I’d need better stuff to make hands and feet sustainable long term, and was actually too hot in the core. Wind briefs might be a good idea, too. :( Did 6 x 30 sec intervals, with a wicked headwind…
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WWJD
Leaving a friends house after midnight last night, M and I got to ride home through an inch of snow on the ground, and it still falling thick. We woke up (not early, and little fuzzy) to six inches this morning. Our truck’s hubs (the springs and bearings that enable the shift-on-the-fly 4×4, specifically) started…
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B &P Gear o’ the Year: 2008
It’s that time of year! And what a year it has been. I’m doing gear first, just like last year, because like last year picking the best days out is going to be much tougher. I’m not limiting myself in number this year, just listing as many standouts as were worthy. I matured a lot…
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Look what I found!
What a difference 2000′ makes. Lolo Pass. Plenty of fresh fluff for kicking and gliding and swacking around. A little thin for real turns just yet, the little tree skiing I did was a bit exciting due to brush and logs. Started as an Extra Blue day, became a Violet day. Ski season has…
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Sunday
The end is near for MSW semester # 1; final pages on a case study essay this evening, edit the shit out of it over the next few days, and be done with it all. I’m not back up to full functioning on paper writing, but I’m getting there. I did sneak in a…
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“The Path of Apprenticeship: The Zen of Yellowstone” Mark Jenkins; Outside Jan 2003 I glide through the forest. Sinking into each turn, the powder rolls up my thighs. My skis carve crescents through the open firs, neither fast nor slow but with ease, like a looping stroke of calligraphy. This is my third ski tour in…
Bedrock & Paradox 