Yay, Goose is finally able to fly again after his concussion! 'Bent, Goose and I went up to Hardwood Hills to find some real winter.
Here is our back yard today. BazingaDog likes it but it's not what our back yard should look like on March 12.
This is what things looked like at Hardwood Hills an hour north of here. This will be FB's new back yard!
If it were mid-February, I might have hoped for a little more snow to soften the trails and cover the debris but given the conditions elsewhere, I'd give Hardwood Hills an A+ today. It was supposed to be -20C with windchill but it felt a lot warmer as I skied in the sunshine. After the eastern half of the Sochi loop, I went back to the chalet to trade my hat, buff, gloves and vest for lighter versions then I did the hilly west side of the Lillehammer loop.
When we first arrived, we met a skier bundled up from head to toe with only his mouth and nose showing. We correctly guessed it was Al Magi hiding in there. Then Rick Sommerkamp showed up for an afternoon ski. I guess if you want to ski, this is one of the few choices.
There was a fat bike championship on the same trails we were skiing and it really wasn't a problem to share the trails, which was great. Maybe if I were skate skiing, it would be more of an issue but it was cold enough that most people were skiing classic today so we had our own lanes.
Fantastic to get out skiing again! I was afraid we might be finished for the season.