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Day 93 - Crested Butte

I'm done. Out 9:00 to 1:00 with lunch on the hill; 40° sunny with a little wind; 16 runs; 27,000 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; firm groomers; not much of a crowd; skied ok; skipping Monarch tomorrow - just driving home.

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Day 92 - Crested Butte

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with lunch up on the hill; plenty of sun, but cool and windy with temps around freezing; 14 runs; 22,000 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; firm groomers; not much of a crowd; skied ok.

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Day 91 - Crested Butte

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with lunch up on the hill; mostly sunny with passing snow squalls and temps around freezing; 16 runs; 24,000 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm groomers; a quick snow squall right at 9:00 covered everything with a coating of glue; didn't ski particularly well today; feeling ok.



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Day 90 - Crested Butte

Out 10:00 to 1:00 with a break for lunch up on the hill; a high, hazy overcast gave way to partly cloudy skies with temps in the thirties with little to no wind; 14 runs; 20,000 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; really firm groomers; skied ok; feeling ok; perfect combination of ski/snow conditions today; Triangle to International was very good; Forest Queen to Gallowich (yes, that's spelled right) wasn't too bad either.

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Day 89 - Crested Butte

Out for a couple of hours to check out the hill. Out 11:00 to 1:00; mostly sunny with temps in the thirties and a light wind; 10 runs; 16,000 vertical; really firm groomers; some people, but not much of a crowd really - never more than a minute or two in the liftline; very little snow here; enjoyed skiing Treasury and International; used some Vitamin I today - first time since Big Sky or Solitude.

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Day 88 - Copper Mountain

Out 9:00 to 12:00 with a quick 'get dry' break; snowy and windy with temps around freezing; 10 runs; 16,000 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; groomers topped with some new snow; skiing ok; feeling ok.

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Day 87 - Copper Mountain

Out 12:00 to 2:00; warm and windy with increasing cloudiness; 7 runs; 11,000 vertical; sticky soft groomers and other stuff; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; had a hard time getting going this morning; my knee doesn't exactly hurt, but it doesn't exactly work right either? ; tired.

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Day 86 - Copper Mountain

Last NASTAR of the season. Out 10:00 to 12:30 no break; overcast with occasional flurries and temps around freezing; 15 runs; 15,000 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; soft groomers; 12 handicap at NASTAR - Platinum medal.

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Day 85 - Copper Mountain

I was due. Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a long break back at the car changing skis; windy with on and off snow showers and temps in the upper teens - 2" new overnight; 7 runs; 13,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Line Supernatural 108's; started with some creamy groomers and finished with all the stuff off Alpine; absolutely destroyed my Head Cheaters - I'm sure the guys at Peak can repair the damage, but I'm not sure they'll ever be race skis again; then to top it off after I switched skis I dinged the Lines on some rocks on Far East.



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Day 84 - Copper Mountain

Out 9:00 to 11:45 no break; mostly cloudy with temps in the twenties - 2" new snow overnight; 10 runs, 14,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; groomers, trees, and other stuff; big crowd.

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Day 83 - Winter Park

Pow! Out 9:00 to 10:30; snowing hard but not too windy - 10" overnight; 4 runs; 6,055 vertical; skied the Volkl Katana's; deep powder everywhere; HUGE crowd - I just left after standing in a couple of big lines; did get a couple of good shots - Kinnikinnic and Wildwood Glade.



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Day 82 - Winter Park

Out 9:00 to 1:45 with a big bowl of soup at Lunch Rock; clear to start, on-and-off snow when I quit - temps in the low thirties; 16 runs; 23,075 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; groomers and other stuff; did the Wonderland stuff off Olympia and several of the open glades off Pano; still skiing and feeling ok; lots of people from Texas skiing here this week.

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Day 81 - Winter Park

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a quick break; sunny with temps rising through the thirties; 13 runs 21,209 vertical; groomers; everything I skied today was good; skiing ok; feeling ok.



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Day 80 - Winter Park

9:00 to 12:00 with a quick coffee break; partly cloudy with temps rising through the twenties; 10 runs; 16,773 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; groomers; big crowd; Arrowhead and Golden Spike were marvelous.

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Day 79 - Winter Park

Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a quick pee break at Utah Junction; 20° with an equal mix of sun and clouds and a growing breeze; 12 runs; 14,694 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; soft groomers; big crowd - it's the main reason I didn't stay any longer; Sleeper was very good.

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Day 78 - Steamboat

Out 9:45 to 1:00 with a quick coffee break at the Gondola Summit; overcast with temps around freezing; 10 runs plus 9 over on Basher for NASTAR; 14,000 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; soft groomers; 1 O'clock and Lower Valley View were both very good today; 11.70 handicap at NASTAR - Platinum medal.

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Day 77 - Steamboat

Skiing backward in time. Out 10:00 to 1:30 with lunch on the hill; sunny and warm with temps rising into the upper thirties; 8 runs plus 9 runs on Basher doing NASTAR; 10,000 vertical; sun softened groomers; skied 3 O'clock, then 2 O'clock, and finally 1 O'clock - see, skiing backward in time; NASTAR again today - 14.39 handicap, Platinum medal.

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Day 76 - Steamboat

First NASTAR in almost 2 years. Out 10:00 to 1:00 with a coffee break at the top of the Gondola; clear and cold to start, but warming to near or above freezing very quickly; 6 runs plus 9 on Basher to do NASTAR; 7,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Blizzard Brahma #2's; groomers; 7.25 Handicap at NASTAR - Platinum medal.



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Day 75 - Steamboat

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a coffee break; partly cloudy with a stiff breeze and temps in the twenties; 12 runs; 22,000 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; lots of groomers; lots of people, but only a few small lift lines; skied ok; feeling ok; continually amazed how fast the Gondi line here moves.



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Day 74 - Steamboat

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a coffee break at the top of the Gondola; 5" new snow overnight, more up top; cold and windy with the cloud layer up and down all morning; 12 runs; 15,000 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; skiing with Tom Watson again this week; we skied with Sam DelSordo this morning; didn't ski particularly well today; totally wrong ski selection today; with Sam leading this morning and my past experience here I didn't look at the trail map at all before heading out this morning - after Sam called it a day, right after coffee, Tom and I got lost.



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Day 73 - Solitude

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with a coffee break in the lodge; overcast and windy with temps around 20°; 25 runs; 28,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; wind firmed groomers; bigger crowd today - still no real lift lines; didn't ski my best today; they finally groomed Rumble, Grumble, and Stumble - Diamond Lane remained nice.



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Day 72 - Solitude

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with a coffee break in the lodge; snow developing with temps in the twenties and a little wind; 27 runs; 31,350 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; firm groomers that gave way to a slow, sticky layer of new snow; skiing ok; feeling ok; very few people today, so the steep groomers stayed nice all day; Diamond Lane off the Powderhorn lift was stellar; gave away a day yesterday when it took much longer than anticipated to do my laundry yesterday morning.

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Day 71 - Solitude

On the hill 9:00 to 2:15 with a break for lunch in the lodge; temps rising into the upper twenties with a high overcast sky, some peaks of sun and a little wind; 29 runs; 34,500 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm groomers; skied ok; lost Tom just before lunch - did the rest of the day on my own.



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Day 70 - Solitude

On the hill 9:00 to 1:15 with a coffee break; overcast with temps around 20° and a little bit of wind; 21 runs - covered 7 of the 8 lifts today; 22,100 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; groomers - firm and thin; didn't ski particularly well today; skiing with Tom Watson again this week.

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Day 69 - Big Sky

On the hill from 9:00 to 1:30 with a lunch break in the car - meatloaf sandwiches again; started the day with temps around 4° and a light snow, ended the day with temps around 6° and steadily increasing sunshine; 14 runs; 21,750 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; still more groomers; need to do skis badly.

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Day 68 - Big Sky

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a quick lunch break at the car and a 2¼ hour 'break' on the Six Shooter lift when it broke down; clear and warmer today, 4° to start, 14° when we left, the sun made it feel much warmer; 13 runs; 21,100 vertical; started the day with the Head i.SG RD's and switched to the Blizzard Brahma #2's at lunch; groomers; good crowd; so Tom and I got stuck on the lift today - thank god we were the only two people on a six person lift - they had started the evacuation from the lift when they figured out their problem and eventually ran us off under what was eventually full power - the mountain comped us a free lift ticket and a $50 Big Sky Gift Card; today's picture is Chad, our friendly ski patroller with the evac rope!



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Day 67 - Big Sky

Out 9:00 to 12:45 with a nice lunch on the hill; cold with increasing cloudiness and very little wind; 12 runs; 16,875 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; more groomers; feeling ok - just needed to go into Bozeman to get the oil changed in the vehicle.

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Day 66 - Big Sky

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a couple of breaks; cold and mostly cloudy with just a hint of wind, 0° this morning, 12° this afternoon; 18 runs, 27,500 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; mostly soft groomers; made a few with Jon Lamb before lunch; skiing ok; feeling ok; clean onto the new ski - think about starting to shorten the outside leg of the old turn as the first move of the new turn



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Day 65 - Big Sky

Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a long coffee break and a long lunch break; clear and cold, -16° this morning, 6° this afternoon, 16 runs; 23,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; soft groomers all day; skiing with Tom Watson; skied ok; feeling ok; covered most of the stuff around Mountain Village and Madison Base; looking forward to Trembler and Ice House among others tomorrow; the only good thing about our Mountain Village condo is this view and the hot water.



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Day 64 - Whitefish

WOW was that crowded. Out 9:00 to 10:30 - no break; heavy snow with temps in the upper twenties; 4 runs; 6,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; despite today's excellent conditions, I left when lift lines grew to unmanageable proportions; Big Mountain, new snow, and holiday Saturday → huge crowd.

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Day 63 - Fernie

Out 9:30 to 1:15 with a quick coffee break; heavy snow with temps in the twenties - 4" or so by the time I left; 12 runs; 18,350 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; powder; skied mostly in Timber Bowl with a couple off Great Bear and 1 down Currie Bowl; skied ok; 3 days of powder skiing has my right knee and calf barking quite loudly.

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Day 62 - Fernie

Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a coffee break and a long lunch back at the condo; clear and cold with 6" of new snow overnight, 7° this morning, 20° this afternoon; 11 runs; 16,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; fair number of people on the hill today - never really a lift line, but people on every chair; stuck mostly to Timber Bowl, but did 1 in Siberia Bowl and 1 in Currie Bowl; skiing ok; feeling a little leg weary - no vitamin I for a couple of days, maybe that's the problem.



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Day 61 - Fernie

Powder day. Out 9:00 to 12:15 with a coffee break; 8" overnight, but it seemed much deeper up top this morning - 20° and overcast with no real wind; 11 runs; 14,250 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; powder; first tracks in Cedar Bowl on Cruiser and Emily's; good crowd for opening bell, but the real crowd accumulated at the top of the White Pass Chair waiting for the rope to drop in Currie Bowl around 11:00 - maybe 250 people; lots of treacherous patches where the frozen snow underneath made the new snow on top just slide away when touched; my skiing today was hit or miss - great at times, horrible at others; quit early today when I just didn't go back out after lunch in the condo.

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Day 60 - Fernie

Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a coffee break and lunch back in the condo; this morning's mostly cloudy skies gave way to a warming and windy overcast this afternoon, 0° this morning, 20° this afternoon; 23 runs; 31,750 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; more firm and crunchy groomers; more people today, but still a light crowd - never a lift line; skied ok; feeling better on the seriously steep stuff.



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Day 59 - Fernie

Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a long coffee break and a longer lunch break back at the condo; clear and cold with no wind, -10° this morning; 20 runs; 30,375 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; last week's rain has everything here locked up firm - mountain ambassadors were recommending sticking to the groomers, so today was all firm and crunchy groomers; nobody else out till it warmed up a little bit in the afternoon; Polar Peak was closed; liked Heartland first thing this morning.



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Day 58 - Kimberley

Powder Day. Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a ½ hour coffee break; 10" overnight - partly cloudy with passing flurries and temps around 10° today; 9 runs; 14,500 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; powder with some soft groomers; huge crowd for opening bell; skied lots of soft, steep bumps and lots of trees; pretty easy to find small patches of untouched all day.



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Day 57 - Kimberley

Out 9:00 to 11:45 with no break - just never went back out after lunch; 2" overnight up top, rain at the bottom - mostly sunny in the am with dropping temps and a stiff wind; 10 runs; 14,300 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; soft, sticky snow up top, soft rain soaked groomers down low in the sun, and flash frozen, rain soaked groomers down low in the shade; skied some steep soft bumps today.



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Day 56 - Kimberley

Out 9:15 to 3:00 with an hour lunch in the condo; overcast with temps in the twenties and a little wind; 20 runs; 35,100 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm groomers; ran a 21 gate GS course 5 times this afternoon - great training over the rollers and down the steep pitch at the bottom; skied ok;

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Day 55 - Kimberley

Perfect day for an afternoon nap. Out 9:00 to 11:45 without a break; 10° with clear skies and a little valley fog; 11 runs; 20,000 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm groomers; the resort basically shut down at 12:15 when the main lift broke down - thank god I was in the condo eating lunch and didn't get stuck on the lift; didn't ski particularly well today; enjoying watching the para alpine racers - yeah, the sit-skiers and the one-leggers are inspirational, but the really impressive skiers are the one-armed Austrians, they're seriously good.



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Day 54 - Kimberley

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a ¾ hour break for a burger and a couple of beers; 2" overnight, overcast with flurries and temps in the low twenties; 20 runs; 31,250 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; this morning's silky carpet gave way to some fairly firm and crunchy afternoon conditions; nice hill - good variety - they even have several runs with trees; Para Alpine World Cup Finals going on here this week - some impressive skiers out on the hill today; stuck mostly to the groomers, however did do one bump run and two day old, dust on crusters.

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Day 53 - Panorama

Really glad I didn't just drive by. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with only a 20 minute coffee break - not bad for my 7th consecutive ski day; overcast with temps around freezing; 23 runs; 38,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; perfectly carveable groomers all day; loved Skyline, Roller Coaster; Fritz's, Little Dipper, and Outrider; skied exceptionally well today - strong crossovers while maintaining good forward pressure - high, round and smooth - lots of carving above the fall line - great retraction and extension turn to turn without popping up; great little mid-mountain coffee hut - spectacular views; definitely want to come back some day.



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Day 52 - Kicking Horse

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a half hour no coffee, coffee break; snowing with temps in the upper twenties; 10 runs, 30,000 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; Wiley Coyote was good again this morning; this hill would benefit from a different lift configuration - with the gondola being the only way to access about ⅔ of the terrain, there's way too much 'skiing out' or 'getting over' or 'you have to do this to get to that'; sufficiently humbled by this mountain.

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Day 51 - Kicking Horse

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with an hour long sojourn for lunch at the Eagle's Eye; relatively clear and not too cold; 12 runs; 32,500 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; groomers, groomers, and more groomers; changed back to my old boots and a decent carving ski - man do my feet feel a lot better; did 3 consecutive non-stop, top to bottom runs - 2 off the gondola (3,500 vert) and 1 off Stairway to Heaven chair (3,900 vert) - each run took approximately 8 minutes of skiing; feeling ok; lost Tom again this morning, but found Wiley Coyote.



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Day 50 - Kicking Horse

Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a 3 hour, coffee-lunch-nap break back at the condo; very nice day - mostly clear and relatively warm; 9 runs; 19,000 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; soft groomers with the exception of 1 run through the leftover crude from yesterday off Redemption Ridge; I don't say this often, but I didn't like the way my skis worked today - I could never find the sweet spot on the SkiLogics; getting more accustomed to the big hill here - made 1 top to bottom (3,750 vertical feet) today with only 2 stops; finally cleared enough this afternoon to take some scenery pictures.



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Day 49 - Kicking Horse

10" overnight, but delayed opening because of avalanche danger. Instead of remaining in the humongous Gondola line, we walked over took the Catamount chair and did a few laps on the bottom of the hill. Got first tracks on a groomer with 5" or 6" on top and did some low angle powder bumps then went back to the condo for coffee while the Gondi line hopefully diminishes. We'll head back out shortly. Letting Tommy use my Line Supernatural 108's for the remainder of the week.

Went back out and did a couple off Redemption Ridge and one down Feuz Bowl. Mostly clear and comfortable today with a little snow in the late afternoon. 7 runs, 11,000 vertical, skied the Volkl Katana's. Fell 3 times today.



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Day 48 - Kicking Horse

This is a real skier's mountain - big and steep without many groomers. Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a lunch break at the top; 2" or 3" overnight, with snow all day and temps in the twenties; just 5 runs, 12,500 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; skiing this week with Tom Watson - we got separated when he was going to walk back out the top of Bowl Over; found some good skiing in the glades under the Gondola; skiing here is a humbling experience - glad I'm not here with either of the Chris's, they'd kick my ass.



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Day 47 - Lake Louise

Day 4 on my Big3 3 day lift ticket. Out 9:00 to 10:15 - I had to drive today, so I just left when I skied to the bottom and didn't want to get in either of the lift lines; 10° with overcast skies and no wind - light snow the whole way from Lake Louise to Kicking Horse; 6 runs; 10,000 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; some firm groomers with a tiny bit of snow on top; caught the very first chair at 9:00 and didn't really see many people till I made the mistake of returning to the bottom; sad that it was snowing lightly for the drive to Kicking Horse - everyone says it's a spectacular drive, but I didn't get to partake.

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Day 46 - Lake Louise

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a quick coffee break; mostly cloudy with intermittent flurries and temps rising into the teens; 15 runs; 25,000 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; they've had some snow, but it's obvious they're having a lean snow year; can't get enough of the scenery.



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Day 45 - Sunshine Village

Out 8:30 to 11:30 with a quick coffee break; 6" to 8" overnight - intermittent snow and sunshine with a little wind high up on the western peaks of the resort; 10 runs, 10,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; powder; good morning - got 4 in before it got tracked up at all - left when the crowd started to arrive and really ski it off quickly; rode all but 2 of the main lifts; feeling ok.



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Day 44 - Mount Norquay

Out 9:00 to 12:00 without a break; increasing overcast that ended in some light flurries with temps in the low twenties and no wind; 21 runs; 21,400 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; firm but carvable groomers; basically the only person out till 10:30 or so; funky mountain layout, but there was a marvelous pod of blue groomers at the end of the rainbow; not much snow here either, but it wasn't as firm or crunchy as Nakiska; glad I stuck to my original plan and came here today; didn't get scanned, so my 3 day, Big 3 Pass still has 3 days on it!



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Day 43 - Nakiska

Out 9:00 to 1:15 with a quick coffee break; clearing skies with temps rising into the twenties and some wind up high; 23 runs; 33,000 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's; firm, flat, and fast; more people today; skier cross again - fewer kids race training today, SG followed by GS on 1 trail only; finally got to ski my SG skis - first time since I bought them in March '16; talked with a 'local' today and have changed plans just a little - bagging Mt. Norquay, adding a second day at Lake Louise instead.



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Day 42 - Nakiska

New definition for 3f - firm, firmer, firmest! Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a coffee break; sunny with temps in the upper twenties and a stiff wind the higher up on the hill you went; 20 runs; 28,640 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm and crunchy everywhere - not much snow here - lots of closed trails; didn't get to ski many of the Olympic courses - the top of the DH was closed because of no snow, the SL was closed for snow making, and the SG/bottom of the DH was closed for training - that left the GS, it was firm and rolly but overall flatter than I would have expected; Nakiska is now an Alpine Canada training site and man were they out in force - SL on this slope, GS followed by SL on another, and at least 100 athletes competing on the skier cross course; nobody else on the hill today - no lift line; I'll do one more run tomorrow to get to 30,000 vert; it's really beautiful here.



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Day 41 - Buck Hill

Buck Hill Invitational today - I think every high school kid in the state was here. Out 9:00 to 12:30 with no break - stayed out while all the kids were inside between runs, then just left when I finally went into the bar and couldn't find an empty seat; 40° and overcast with a little wind; 28 runs; 6,000 vertical; 28 runs; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; pretty good conditions - it just got chewed up pretty quickly on the main run(s) that all the kids were using as training; I'm going to guess 400 boys and girls racing today - easily the largest ski race I've ever seen in person; met two neat old guys from Indianhead, Bob "Hak" and Tor Bjorn "Bing" while booting up this morning.

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Day 40 - Granite Peak

It's in Wisconsin. Out 10:00 to 2:30 with a long break for a pizza and 3 beers; a cool, slightly overcast morning developed into a warm, sunshiny afternoon; 32 runs 17,500 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; used the new boots again today; a nice little hill - 700 or so vertical - lots of run choices - 3 high-speed lifts; everything had a little pitch on top with a long run out - think Camelback, but real wide; they kept the runouts on the lower mountain interesting by building tons of rollers; I'd come back here again.



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Day 39 - Snow Trails

Family Ski Day with the Rauschenbergers. Out 9:30 to 3:00 with a couple of long breaks; clear and cold with no wind; 30 runs; 6,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; excellent conditions; no crowd; skied with Lee, Tami, and Mark; used the new boots again today.

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Day 38 - Seven Springs

Out 9:30 to 12:30 with a ½ hour coffee break in the Tahoe Lodge; cold, windy, and snowing lightly - clearing as I left; 23 runs; 15,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; out by myself today; nice morning alternating laps on Gunner and Giant Steps; conditions were pretty good - Gunner was a little firmer than everything else, but still very doable; feeling ok; skiing ok; new boots again today; probably the last time I'll take the shuttle if I've got a choice - see picture.



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