by Kristina | May 18, 2018 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
She was 40 weeks + 10 days pregnant, the size of a house, and mowing the lawn on a sunny Saturday in May to encourage the baby to hurry it the hell up already. Maybe it was the smell of freshly cut grass or the heat of being crammed inside, but the baby began to make...
by Kristina | Apr 29, 2018 | Skiing, Turns All Year
My hands are burning from the cold. I’m squeezing fistfulls of snow into small ice balls to put in our cups, and I think I’ve hit the threshold of effective hand-warmth-to-ice-creation-ability ratio. After 11 hours on my feet with a 46lb pack, I have high...
by Kristina | Apr 14, 2018 | Skiing, Turns All Year
You can feel the sunburn forming inside your nostrils. Despite regular applications of sunscreen, your nose keeps running, wiping away any hope of a blister-free tomorrow. You silently curse yourself for forgetting a critical piece of gear: a buff.It’s...
by Kristina | Apr 7, 2018 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
Pink. Fluffy. Attention grabbing. This brings the party wherever it goes. I can think of about a million good reasons to wear one, and exactly zero reasons not to.I’ve skied for the last 78 months in a row, and my trusty companion has been with me through it all. Why...
by Kristina | Feb 4, 2018 | Skiing, Turns All Year
In a few days I’ll be flying to Bozeman to visit the family and put my Maxx Pass to use at Big Sky. I always love skiing at Big Sky as an adult because it makes me appreciate the magic of a childhood spent on that mountain. The fact that my dad – Popi...
by Kristina | Jan 20, 2018 | Skiing, Turns All Year
After barely surviving month 73 of TAY in November, I was looking forward to regaining my health and making snow filled turns part of my weekly routine in December.The snow gods, I’m afraid, had other plans.Or, at least their plans included snow during the week...
