Day Off? Day On!

Yesterday, Friday was my day off. It also was the best day of skiing at Treble Cone all season - epic by any standards. Even the old timers were giddy in the powder. Our wonderful mountain really reminded all of us just how great an experience skiing can be - me most particularly.

Yes, it was a great powder day. Yes, I skied all day on the terrain that justifiably gives TC it's reputation as a great and challenging mountain. Chutes, gullies, bowls, ridges, drops, rolls and awesome steeps all were covered in a blanket of a nearly a meter of dry, light powder. And the sun came out. And I made turns with good friends who appreciate skiing for real and substantive reasons. And my knee wasn't a factor. At all. I'm not as strong as I will be when the Northern Winter begins in November and I'm not quite yet where I'd like to be in my skiing. But, I hammered it all day nonetheless, "wrecking myself" in the way a long brutal bike ride does (a good thing). Having started the day in the lift line as it opened at 9:00, having gotten on the second chair in the Saddle Basin and having gotten many first tracks, I ended the day sitting quietly alone in the sunshine on the porch of the TC Cafe, totally exhausted, incredibly happy, and exceptionally grateful.