Our cabin first thing this morning. When we woke up this morning we had over 8 fresh inches of snow and it was still coming down. We packed up and headed out ASAP to Winter Park. We were some of the first people on the slopes and it was like a dream! It was the first time since I have learned to ski that ALL of the runs were covered in over a foot of fresh powder by the time we got there and were nearly untouched. There are not enough words for how amazing it was! The upper most runs and lifts were closed because of the winds - gusts up to 60 MPH.
This is the view of the Mary Jane Run fist thing in the morning.
Here comes Alex down Mary Jane and loving the powder.
However, just a few minutes later, this is Alex after a beautiful spill. His helmet flew off with his goggles and got full of snow. Poor guy had a cold head for awhile.
Trees along the runs.
Alex and I spent a lot of time today in the trees. The powder there is amazing and it is so much fun to zip in and out between them. I came out from a clump of trees onto a run that was full of Moguls but I didn't see them and when I hi them I went flying up in the air and landed on my face. Alex snapped some pictures of me right after I had flipped over and was trying to get up.
Skiing in powder over a foot deep is challenging but a ton of fun. We both spent a lot of time on the ground today.
Luckily all of the fresh snow makes for a soft landing.
A view of the trees we were skiing in and out of. It was so quiet, soft and beautiful. By 3pm the storm got worse and the snow was really falling like mad. The wind was howling and we couldn't even see the slopes. The temp was more than -10 degrees out so we decided to call it a day and head home. Below is Alex being pelted with snow, notice you can't even see the trees behind him.
The past four days has been an amazing adventure!
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