Today I came back from
a 2-day skiing trip. I had skied on Sunday, stayed in Leavenworth, skied on
Monday, and came back to my house.
On Sunday, I wrote:
‘Today I skied the
half-pipe at Stevens Pass. A half-pipe is a large pile of snow that was cut by
a groomer with a U-shaped attachment.
I jumped off the side
of the ridge, and skied the pipe, like the rest of my class. I almost touched
the top, but didn’t. The snow was OK, and some parts were icy. I-5’s snow was
better at the bottom half, though. The second time I came, I was alone. I couldn’t
see that much, it was blurry. I could see a nasty brown patch, though. I couldn’t
avoid it, so I skied over it. It wasn’t rock, but I don’t know what it was.
They pile up snow for the half-pipe, so I don’t know what it was.’ I figured
out that it was a rock on my first time today (Monday). I got a close look. I
don’t know how that got in there, but I managed to avoid it and the ice around
it.
Today, Monday, I was
busy trying to set speed records for myself and cover the whole front mountain.
I did not cover the whole front mountain. I did Promenade, the two Parachutes,
Rock ‘N Blue, Hoot ‘N Holler, Hagen Hill, Slow Poke, Skyline, Headwall, Barrier
Ridge, Panorama, Easy Street, 76 Road, Showcase, I-5, Marmot Meadows, Skid Road,
and lastly, Crest Trail. I missed 10 runs out of around 37. I ate lunch at the Granite Peaks Lodge. I had a resolution to not eat the bacon cheeseburger with fries, and I forgot about it yesterday (lunch and dinner!), so I ate a great prime rib sandwich with cheese, soup, and fries. As for setting
speed records, I did pretty well. I covered Showcase on Big Chief, with a
vertical rise of 824 feet, in half a minute. I also covered Barrier Ridge and
Skyline on Skyline, with a vertical rise of 1,212 feet, in 96 seconds. I think
I could probably improve on the Skyline record, because I stopped for a while
to do the half-pipe. Successful or not, I had a lot of fun today!
Here’s the URL of the
map of the front mountain:
http://www.stevenspass.com/Stevens/SiteAssets/files/main/Stevens-Mountain-Map-2012-2013front.pdf
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