Got a surprise call from Erik on my way to the Mountain this morning.  He said he had a day free to rip around, I said I thought the conditions were ripe for hiking and finding some good corn skiing....... This is what he laid down.....Ski T 2 B        Top to Bottom....Life's more fun when you let'em run! 

East Wind Nectar

With the east winds blowing hard and the upper lifts closed, I knew of a spot on the far northwestern boundary line of the resort. Rarely skied because it takes a little work, but I needed some laps on an otherwise wind scoured bullet proof day. When I got there, the three gullies ranging from 28 to 30 degrees, were filled in with beautiful windblown pow about 4 meters wide. No other person followed me in all day and ever lap was freshies, provided via the spindrifts.......epic fun!

Go easy I'm 64 YO

 The older you get the better it gets......as long as you have nothing left to prove!

Changing Skis

One hell of a ski season we are having here in the western United States and Canada huh! 

So good that I thought I would get off the fats and change things up by getting back on to a pair of ole' faithful's, to see how they compare. I dusted off my old K2 193 AK launchers (Jerry Launcher's) gave them a quick wax (who needs edges in these conditions) and took them out for a spin in "Fuse" chute on Mt. Rose ski area.

Yep, they still rip and are way fun, it wasn't a deep pow day, but they performed excellent in the lightly packed pow. The question is, is it the ski that makes the skier or the skier that makes the ski? I had a few years of sick skiing with the boards, and they seem to still provide!

I know if you asked one person, Glenn Plake, he'd say it's the skier that is the variable in the equation. and I would have to fully agree!