Racing

Today at work my boss suggested that we all go do the race course early in the morning before it got busy. We all did two runs down the race course. Each run takes about 25 seconds. I had the best time on both runs. In the second run I beat my boss by three hundredth of a second. It sounds like these races are going to become a regular event for our department. Best of all, this all happened while I was on the clock.

Untracked powder above the 6 chair

Some more of my tracks from today. Mine are the only ones that start up high above the hiking trail.

Living the Dream - The Lake Chutes

In Colorado there is a special terrain designation of EX which stands for extreme terrain. It is more difficult than an double black diamond. A run is considered EX when it has a pitch greater than 50 degrees or cliffs taller than 20 feet. The Lake Chutes is the only run at Breckenridge with a designation of EX. Today I hiked the Lake Chutes and skied down. It was pretty steep, and I was a little scared at the top before I dropped in. There were only two other ski tracks visible in the chute. The top section was a little tough, but the entire run was awesome. It was fun skiing so much untracked powder. My tracks are the ones on the right side.

The entry to the Lake Chutes. Probably the steepest terrain I have ever skied.

Today I did a lot of hiking and skiing. It snowed 5in overnight so the snow was excellent. The snow in the bowls was much better than the last time I hiked. These are the two hikes that I did this afternoon. Dashed is the hike and solid is the run. Both hikes took about 40 minutes. The first trip up the Lake Chutes is in red. The second trip to the top of peak 8 is in yellow. Both runs were amazing.

Eric broke his arm on Saturday. Other than that I think Eric and Nico had a great time out here. More pictures to come.