Ski Boot on again!

Taken on the Sky Peak Quad, 11:00 AM, January 9, 2006

Ski Boot on again!

Taken on the Sky Peak Quad, 11:00 AM, January 9, 2006

I did not stay out long, but today I finally made it out on the slopes for the first time since spraining my left ankle 1 month ago.

Just for giggles, I took out a trail map to do a the trail count for the trails I skied today. They included Gateway, Frostline, Great Eastern, Bear Trap, Anti Venom, Bear Claw, Skye Way, Skye Lark, High Road, and Bittersweet. 10 Trails.... or was it 2 runs??? Not really a legal ski day but it was great to be out on the slopes.

Conditions this morning were good. We had a clipper system go through overnight, dropping some insignificant light snow. When I arrived at the mountain, all of the peaks were cloud covered. I stayed on groomed surfaces as the ankle is tender. Everything I was on was a beautiful combination of packed power and man made. I did not run into any scratchiness or ice. Crowds were very light.

On the mountain, construction has begun on the terrain park on lower Wild Fire. From the Skye Peak chair, you could see 2 snow cats pushing snow around to create the terrain features. It looked like they had just started when I was on the lift. I would guess that they have a couple of days work ahead of them before re-opening the trail.