Archive for December, 2007

Solstice and, of course, Skiing

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Happy Solstice. It was actually yesterday but I didn’t have a chance to post yesterday. The solstices are my favorite “holidays” especially when you use the literal etymology of the word holiday as “holy day”. What days are more holy than the those which acknowledge the beginnings, endings, and mid-points of […]

All skiing all the time

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Got in days 5 and 6 of skiing this weekend. Yesterday we spent around 8 or so hours touring and tele-ing in the Lockett Meadow/Doyle/Fremont areas. I had some good turns and some not so good turns, but it was a fun and safe day. We had been heading to a […]

Best Skiing of the Year?

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Troy and I skied both Saturday and Sunday last weekend. Both days were started via Lockett Meadow. Saturday was more of a re-con day. We headed up the trail and got almost as far as the meadow at the base of the Inner Basin before getting blasted with wind. We turned […]