Week in Review
It’s been over a week now since I packed up for the fall and hit the road. The last week in October, Brian showed me a video of skiing in Silver Star. Seeing snow on the ground got me fired up to hit the road and get on snow. After 3 busy days of packing and wrapping up loose ends, I hit the road and met up with teammate Matt Liebsch in Kelowna, BC. We were on snow in Silver Star the next morning. It was a bit of a risk coming out here, as was particularly apparent when we were told that they were going to close the trails. Fortunately, the weather stayed cold, the trails remained open, and we got some great skiing under our belts. No risk, no reward!
Matt Liebsch at Sovereign Lake
Matt took off last Friday to do a presentation in Winona, MN (check out his post below). There are a few other skiers out on the trail here, but not nearly as many as I would’ve expected. While the skiing is great here, I’m still keeping my fingers crossed that West Yellowstone will get snow soon! Looking forward to getting back on the trail with the CXC crew.
The Sovereign Lake trails, the race course for our December Nor-Am’s, finally got some fresh snow last night, which cleaned up the trail well. We woke up in a cloud this morning with low visibility all the way to the trail head. I popped in the new clear lenses on my Rudy’s, expecting an overcast ski. One loop around the trail, however, and the sun burned off the clouds. I was startled to almost run into Jim Miles, Sovereign Lake Ski Trail’s resident photographer. Turns out he took a couple of stealth shots of me on the trail today and sent them on this afternoon.
See ya in West, Kuz
