December 9, 2015

Brighton Sunset


We headed up to Brighton after work tonight to stretch out the legs and skin a few laps up Great Western... nothing unusual about that, its a weekly occurrence. But tonight's sunset was spectacular - the clouds were just right and the sky put on a show for us. Probably the best I've ever seen while skiing up there.

I had to post a few photos, it was so pretty that even a selfie made the cut...



December 6, 2015

Alpe de Vert


The uphill train at Sundance on Saturday morning

There isn't much snow yet but we're taking advantage of what is out there. For the second year in a row Sundance Resort and Surface Skis teamed up to host "Alpe de Vert" - a non-competitive celebration of uphill skiing. Everyone meets up (way too early) in the morning at Sundance's base area and the loose objective is to log 10,000 feet of climbing before heading to the Owl Bar. It's a really fun way to spend a Saturday morning and get in a solid early-season ski workout. Hopefully more of these types of events catch on as the amount of people wanting to ski uphill is exploding and until El Nino makes its presence felt, we're all stuck on the piste!

Observation: Spandex and skinny SkiMo race skis are totally the norm these days.


Early light on Timp


Andrea near the top of Arrowhead


Off the top on lap #8


All smiles w/ Andrea and Amiee


Timp again - a stunning peak with snow


The aftermath


Morning work


A couple other shots from the week...


Late in the day on Wednesday Dec 2nd, in the midst of a pair of Great Western laps


Back to Brighton on Sunday Dec 6th for a couple more laps