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February 7, 2010
In the meantime....
So, as most readers will notice, I am way behind in new entries on the blog. It's not that I've been overly busy just that I haven't managed to finish the last several days of our Yukon Ho vacation diaries. I'm still hoping to finish those off soon but as there are more recent experiences in memory I'll touch on those instead.
Snowboarding: Marmot Basin was blessed with a ton of early season snowfall so I've been partaking in that quite frequently, racking up (to date) about 45 days of riding. I've picked things up pretty well, riding the toughest terrain Marmot has to offer and have even managed to land all types of 180's. The 360 is still pending, but I've had some close ones.... it'll come (cut me some slack, I'm not as young as I used to be).
Nat has switched to skiing this year and enjoys it much more than the snowboarding learning curve that dissuades so many. She rode her first black diamond run last week and hasn't looked back.
Yesterday, me and some mates went on a hiking adventure. The first couple hours hardly felt like adventure at the time but they were an investment with a big payoff. We snowshoed up the Signal Mountain fire road to the first campground and then swapped snowshoes for our snowboards for the way down. Near the top, the trail was wide and we were able to get in some pretty good turns in untouched powder but the lower section was more intense as much of it was overgrown and was simply a packed, straight trail descending through brush that threatened to ruin your ride if you ventured more than half a meter off of the trail. Three hours and 15 minutes up for a 35 minute ride down. Very reminiscent of the bike ride up to Mt. Fitzwilliam campground last summer.
Not a lot of excitement but it's hard to justify writing blog entries when the weather is nice and the spare time can be spent up here.
Posted by Dr.Unk at February 7, 2010 10:15 AM
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