I had a goal on Saturday to ski and ride lifts for 35 miles, as measured by my Garmin 405. We had to be there for 8:30 AM GS training for my daughter, so I got an early start and I used my GS-like Atomic 9.22s 170's. By the time I stopped for lunch at 11:30, I had 20 miles done. Late morning I had to use the single line, and after lunch I soloed for a while to nail down the final 15 miles. The snow was light and there was no ice, so my legs were fairly good even at the end of the day. Here is the Garmin info. Thnis was both a distance and speed record for me, since wearing the Garmin while skiing. Max speed was 47.2. Click image below for the cool map of the entire day:
Sunday was the best day. Since I had a good long day on Saturday, I concentrated on skiing with my son and friends. I wore my 165 Dynastar 4800's with turned up tails. We played more in the bumps and the woods. I was credited with breaking the trail into the woods between Yahoo & Onteora. The Yahoo Glades? That isn't even on the map. The snow was great all day all over the mountain. In this Yahoo Glade the snow was deeper than it was in other glades, because a lot of snow was blown onto Yahoo this past week, and it looked like a lot of it went into those woods. This bumpy day beat my legs a little more, in combination with the distance I did on Saturday. I was lucky enough to spend an hour in Debbie's Jacuzzi on Sunday evening.
There were a few inches of sleet on Sunday night into early Monday morning. The sleet totally changed the snow conditions. It had been dry "hero snow". But on Monday the new snow was heavy and damp. Not quite spring conditions - more like crud after a couple of hours. It was knocking my light Atomic 9.22s's around. I was wishing for my heavy Atomic Metron mEX's. It was taking a lot of work to steer those through the glop and to stay stable. I was overdressed for that. When the sun came out for about an hour from 10:30-11:30. The sun was really feeling like spring skiing, and it was comfortable to have lunch outside on the deck, until the sun went behind a cloud around noon to remind us it was still January.
In the afternoon I was skiing some fast GS turns on Dot Nebel. With tired legs, the bumpy snow popped my left binding, and I found myself wiping out at high speed. The back of my head slammed into the snow (Thank you Giro helmet), and I "rag dolled" enough to have my right shin feel like it bruised on my boot. I felt fine, but was dismayed to taste blood in my throat when I got to the lift. I spit to see if it was red - it was. But I really felt fine, so the crash must have only shaken up my sinuses or something. More than a day later and I don't appear to have a concussion, but the left side of my neck has some stiff muscles. That was the second time those skis jettisoned my boot at an inopportune time. I tightened a half DIN already; maybe I should have them checked by a professional, since I remounted and have been adjusting those myself. I am not sure if I can continue to trust them. Or maybe I will just sell them where I got them: on eBay. They are Chris Seashore's skis, and I hope she wouldn't mind.
Photos and video soon.
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