I'm Back Baby!

Whew! It's been a long time!! I left Bend in early February for Chicago hoping to stir up some business. Business is what I got and it kept coming. Four projects later I finally returned to Bend at the end of March. My training has gone to hell and I lost a lot of what I gained going into the Boulder Mountain Tour. Oh well, spilled milk, water under the bridge, gotta make up for lost time.

Ullr the snow god blessed Bend with a nice Spring dump giving me four great days in the mountains. Marsha and I Skied Bachelor (my first day on the mountain this year) in some sweet powder and we took a little video to share.....

I woke up on day two to six fresh inches of snow and had no choice but to head for the back country. I decided to hike into Todd Lake and stay sheltered from the wind. By the time I arrived for my first turns a the top of the ridge the sun was shinning and winds were calm. I noticed some skin tracks heading off in a direction I had never skiied so I decided to see where they went. OMG!!!! I found the mother load! I think the next video will give some indication as to how excited I was.....

On day three I skated with hopes of flushing out some of the soreness from the previous days teleskiing. It didn't work. I was beat and my heart rate was through the roof. Still it was a nice sunny day and no better place to be.

Finally on day four I had to return to Todd Lake and take advantage of the great powder and my new little stash. At 6:00AM I headed up with Ironman Drew to see if we could still get good powder since the previous day was sunny. I had fears the snow would set up and we'd have to battle some crust. No such thing. The powder was perfect. I'll bore you with one last video....