skierRachel has logged 43 days on the snow during the 09-10 season.
Day 43: May 10, 2010
Weird day, weather-wise. Everything from snow showers to wind to totally overcast to total bluebird. Demo'ed some skis in the morning and just kind of wandered around looking for places that weren't crusty. Tricia & Phil cut out after lunch, and then James & I headed back to Montezuma and found some good snow. Spent the afternoon lapping the trees down the middle & skier's left there. Got the last run down Montezuma as the patroller was putting up the rope at 3:15, and got the last Exhibition Chair at probably 4:10 right as they were closing it. Great afternoon.
Day 42: May 09, 2010
Awesome day with perfect bluebird weather. Alternated between taking runs and hanging out at the beach.
Skied some Hart Attacks (66 underfoot!) that Chris brought for me to try in the morning, but switched back to my skis in the afternoon when everything was mushy. Did some East Wall in the morning, and some Palli in the afternoon. Hit 4th & 5th Alley on Palli for the first time, which were a ton of fun.
Day 41: May 08, 2010
Mediocre morning - crusty, gray and cold. In the afternoon Talbot talked me into hiking up to 1st Notch on the East Wall, which was amazing. Great views, good hike, fun chute. Not as long as main baldy, but narrower, and almost as steep. Super fun.
Day 40: May 07, 2010
Great 1st day. Fun spring skiing with a fun crowd. Did a little bit of everything.
Day 39: April 11, 2010
Unbelievable bluebird spring day. Mid 50's and sunny. Skied with Alex & friends a little bit, but mostly did groomer laps on Peak 7 in the morning and then amazing soft bump laps off 6 & E in the afternoon.
Day 38: April 10, 2010
Met Shannon and headed over to BC, where we met up with Betsy and a handful of other epic guys I hadn't met before. Things were a little crusty so it was pretty much a groomer day, though we did find some nice bumps in the afternoon once things softened up a bit.
Day 37: April 07, 2010
Much better afternoon at Eldora. Maybe 6" of fresh overnight and a gorgeous warm bluebird day. Got pointed to some nice trees by a local guy and had some really good runs. Things were a little too warm by the end of the day but still really fun overall.
Day 36: April 04, 2010
Fun day of Easter skiing with Robyn and Barry. Another great day getting shown around Vail with a few inches of fresh snow. Snowed on and off through the morning and turned into a gorgeous bluebird day as the day went on.
Day 35: April 03, 2010
Awesome day at Vail with Don & Barry. Probably 4-5" of new snow. Best runs of the day were in Blue Sky. I'm really starting to like Vail.
Day 34: April 01, 2010
Ok afternoon at Eldora. Kind of chilly and things were too crunchy to get in the trees. The chairs at Eldora are SLOW.
Day 33: March 28, 2010
Headed up with Robyn & Kelly and met Tricia and the Michigan crew. Did some laps through the trees on the main face in the morning with 4-5" of fresh and then spent the afternoon on the cornice and in Montezuma. Great day.
Day 31: March 20, 2010
Headed over to Okemo with Alex and met up with James. Super warm -- high 60's. Really fun day.
Day 28: March 02, 2010
Getting a little harder to find nice snow today. Did a few backside laps and a few Greeley/Eagle's Nest laps in the morning, then did a few laps under the Wildcat chair in the afternoon.
Day 27: March 01, 2010
Awesome day getting shown around by 4ster/Jim from Epic. Did a bunch of laps through some bowls off the Strawberry gondola, then went up the tram to the top of the 2002 DH start and skied some fun stuff down from there. Did 2 laps of arrowhead chute in the afternoon, which was the highlight of the day.
Day 26: February 28, 2010
Skied with Tracy, Alex and a few of Tracy's friends in addition to Rob, Dave and some runs with Tricia & Co.
Basically did 3 laps of Honeycomb trees -> Queen Bess, with a few other misc things thrown in.
Day 25: February 27, 2010
Skied Alta with Alex & fam and Rob/Matt/Dave. Skied a little bit of everything off Collins in the morning, then spent the afternoon in the bowls under the Supreme chair.
Day 24: February 26, 2010
First day of Utah trip!
Started the morning in Mineral Basin with Denise and Dave. Met up with Tricia & Co at lunch for a lap down Cirque, then finished off the day with some laps on the Peruvian chair.
Really warm day! Great snow in the morning, but getting mushy in places by the afternoon.
Day 23: February 20, 2010
Etski day. Skied with Wil & friends for a bit in the morning, then joined up with Alex for a little while. Spent after lunch hiking the halfpipe, which was smaller than most and in decent shape. Probably did 10 laps. Still not clearing the lip, but so, so close. Time well spent overall.
The bus ride home was... interesting.
Day 22: February 15, 2010
Quick morning with Rob. No lift lines, lots of skiing. Skied a little bit of everywhere except Ramshead and Snowdon. OL was in rough shape. Halfpipe was pretty nice.
Day 21: February 14, 2010
Spent all day in the trees. Started off in the trees next to Double Dipper, then got shown some trees next to Exhibition that I'd never skied before. Really fun day.
Day 19: February 08, 2010
Diva Day! Fun morning skiing with Wendy & James, then met up with the larger group at lunch. Still cold, but a really fun day with cool people.
Will have to get back to Okemo when there's been snow and the trees are open.
Day 18: February 07, 2010
First day ever skiing at Okemo! Cold and windy. Skied alone in the morning and just kind of got a feel for the mountain, and then took a park & pipe lesson in the afternoon.
Day 17: January 31, 2010
Ok day at Hunter. They'd made a lot of snow and done a lot of resurfacing after last week's rain, so it wasn't too bad. Hunter West was actually covered with nice soft whales.
Day 16: January 23, 2010
Amazing powder day. In the morning they'd gotten about 17" in the last 24, with about 11" of it overnight. Also, it just kept dumping all day, probably up to 2-3"/hour by the afternoon.
Skied off the AV lift for a little bit, hitting the trees on skier's far left, which were amazing. Went up the tram and hit the Hobacks, which amazingly still could have used more base but were a lot of fun. Spent the afternoon off Thunder and finally hit Tower 3. Finished the day off with a run in the trees under the gondola after catching one of the last ones up at about 3:57pm.
Another day on the MssBehaveds. I want those skis.
Day 15: January 22, 2010
Pretty decent powder day. Skied off Thunder in the morning with Ben, then headed down to meet Bob Peters at the tram at 11. He was a super nice guy and a lot of fun to ski with -- a great guide.
Day 13: January 20, 2010
Super fun day. The snow was just soft and great everywhere. Skied with the normal crew in the morning and with Dave (TetonPwdrJunkie) in the afternoon. Never made it over to the Sacajawea Chair, but Dave was calling it the Suckajawea Chair, so I don't feel like I missed much.
Day 12: January 19, 2010
3-4" of snow overnight made for a super fun morning off the AV lift. Skied with Stephan a little in the afternoon.
Demo'ed some MissBehaveds and looooved them.
Day 11: January 18, 2010
Things were a bit crunchy today as the mountain hasn't gotten a lot of snow. Skied off the gondola in the morning and off the Thunder Chair in the afternoon.
Skied on Salomon Sultan 80's. They were ok.
Day 10: January 10, 2010
Cold day, high of maybe 10. Skied a little bit of everything but the only part of the mountain that was really fun today were the trees on the north face.
Day 9: December 27, 2009
Met up with AZ crew and skied the same bumps over and over again for 3ish hours. :) It was good practice and I had some moments of greatness but overall I still have a ways to go.
The big toe on my right foot is officially bruised -- I need to have Shon make more room for it.
Day 4: December 11, 2009
Fun day. Skied with Wendy in the morning and then followed Josh around ducking ropes in the afternoon, which means I got to ski Goat, which was awesome.