The Good and The Bad

This weekend was full of ups and downs. On Friday afternoon, we had our first skier death due to an avalanche. A young local skier from VT was planning to jump Fat Bastard but an avalanche broke and carried him off the cliff. His 2 other friends were lucky to survive. We have an unusually unstable snowpack proven by the fact that 7 skiers were caught in avalanches on Thursday in 3 separate incidents. I hope the snowpack settles over the next few days.

The jet stream targeted Jackson Hole on Wednesday and has not moved in the past few days. The temperatures have been cold, the winds strong, and the skies snowy. Every day we have received between 4-8 inches of new snow. On Saturday the north facing runs were blown in with deep powder and Charlotte took her first ever run down Alta 1. I am not sure why she has never skied the run, but she did enjoy the knee deep power in the Alta chutes. The ski portion of the day was completed with a few laps on the Hobacks.

We ended Saturday in style:
1. Nachos & Beers at Cascade
2. Hot Tubing at Tim and Andie's while watching the Seahawks beat the Cowboys
3. Refueling with good old BBQ at the "Q"

The weekends have been great ski days and Sunday was no different. Charlotte and I ran into a bunch of friends and were the first group hike into Casper Bowl where we enjoyed 2-3 feet of soft powder. The day continued with another hike to the headwall and ended with a few lower face runs. Once again it was storm skiing -- zero degrees F & windy.

I am ready for the work week.