After a more-exciting-than-I’d-like February, where we skied and also wrecked our truck on black ice (see Part 1 and Part 2 of TAY 88), I was excited to take a week-long trip to do a little cabin skiing in Alaska. Alas, Alaska had other plans and we did a lot of flat skinning on a frozen lake, augmented by a little powder hunting which was actually more of slide-alder fighting and moose-poop finding and also ski-boot breaking. For the first time in my life, I found myself wishing for Nordic skis.
Which brings me to the announcement that I really only skied one super-legit day in March, and it was at the resort no-less. Try not to judge me. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you scroll through Instagram and watch other people win. March was one of those months.
March 3, 4 & 6, 2019 | A Lot of Not-Skiing at Eklutna Lake, Alaska
In case you missed it, I already wrote about this trip, but if you’re lazy and just want the Cliff’s notes: we did not get any Alaskan pow. We did, however, encounter Alaskan slide alder and piles of doody for days. Don’t worry, the trip to the Iditarod was still awesome.
It will get worse from here.
Saturday, March 23, 2019 | Crystal Mountain Resort
Jordan and I drove up with our friend Kristen, then met a number of other skiing friends. For many beer-fueled hours we ripped groomers in the sunshine, eventually finding primo corn in the afternoon. I don’t know why but I only took a few photos, the one at the top and this one. Sometimes it’s good to live in the moment, you know?
In case you’re keeping track – I do count this as four days of skiing for my spreadsheet, but, three of those days have pretty solid asterixis next to them.
