BillF
05-08-2003, 06:09 PM
10 days out looking at the weather forcast of rain with more rain, snow mixed with rain, etc. I figured if the forcast said rain ten days out then chances were very good that it would be a nice sunny day. As the days went by, even right up to May 1st, the forcast looked bleak. I even canceled on friday morning, but thankfully changed my mind after some discussion and realizing that this was really the only weekend we could go, bad weather or good. Well, well, well. Was my first opptimistic outlook right on the money?! Saturday morning there was not a cloud in the sky here in CT and as we drove the 5 hours north, it seemed to only get better.
What a fantastic day, shorts and a long sleeve shirt, 5 runs skiing to the beat of the Saxman. (Saxman, it was great meeting you at Hojos, I hope we have many more days together in the ravine) It was a first seeing lunch rocks peopleless. Is that a word? I was looking up all day waiting for that huge ice chunk above the lunch rock area to fall. What a sight that would have been. If anybody knows if it went the way of the old man, let me know.
I was climbing up in one of the chutes when two young, and quite gorgeous late teenage (my best guess) girls entered in between the rock band to ski down where I had just hiked up. The first one to ski down absolutly ripped like I have never seen rip in such terrain in my life! Perfectly flawless slalom type lightning fast turns down the steep with no cutback to check speed then huge cranking GS turns going at least 45mph and finishing at the end of the runout in no more than 10 seconds. Her friend noticed that my mouth was a-gap and said, Yea that's Libby from the US ski team, she is a GS and super G specialist. I asked her if she was also on the ski team, she answered no, and took off, also at warp speed. I'm not sure if I have the name right. If anybody knows who I am talking about leave a posting, she has a new fan.
Once again I had good conversations with many a skier. Fortunately I remembered to put sunscreen on my face but I forgot my legs and they are now just beginning to recover :) Looks like I will have to wait until next year to do it again. Take care all, Bill
<small>[ May 09, 2003, 09:56 AM: Message edited by: skicdave ]</small>
What a fantastic day, shorts and a long sleeve shirt, 5 runs skiing to the beat of the Saxman. (Saxman, it was great meeting you at Hojos, I hope we have many more days together in the ravine) It was a first seeing lunch rocks peopleless. Is that a word? I was looking up all day waiting for that huge ice chunk above the lunch rock area to fall. What a sight that would have been. If anybody knows if it went the way of the old man, let me know.
I was climbing up in one of the chutes when two young, and quite gorgeous late teenage (my best guess) girls entered in between the rock band to ski down where I had just hiked up. The first one to ski down absolutly ripped like I have never seen rip in such terrain in my life! Perfectly flawless slalom type lightning fast turns down the steep with no cutback to check speed then huge cranking GS turns going at least 45mph and finishing at the end of the runout in no more than 10 seconds. Her friend noticed that my mouth was a-gap and said, Yea that's Libby from the US ski team, she is a GS and super G specialist. I asked her if she was also on the ski team, she answered no, and took off, also at warp speed. I'm not sure if I have the name right. If anybody knows who I am talking about leave a posting, she has a new fan.
Once again I had good conversations with many a skier. Fortunately I remembered to put sunscreen on my face but I forgot my legs and they are now just beginning to recover :) Looks like I will have to wait until next year to do it again. Take care all, Bill
<small>[ May 09, 2003, 09:56 AM: Message edited by: skicdave ]</small>