Just leaving the condos.
There is a ridge behind our condo about 400 feet high that provides easy access to some nice backcountry skiing. It's like having a ski run in your backyard.
Are we there yet?
I’ve been skiing it periodically all winter, and I finally coaxed Nancy to strap on the skins and head up with me.
You can see Northstar from the top of the ridge.
Unfortunately, the snow was lousy—breakable crust.
The only dangerous part is avoiding the trains flying around the corner.
We were both on our teles, so our turns were awfully ugly. As hard as crust is to ski on alpine gear, it’s about nine times harder on teles. I have no idea how to make a tele turn in crust, except very, very carefully.
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