Day Seven on MJ brings more cold.
-5.8f. The sun was out and the winds were low so it was a beautiful day to ski, frigid cold aside.
Bruce Melvin joined me today, for likely his last Friday up for awhile. Bruce got a real job.
Chair seven up the lift today, first day all year in the top ten first chairs. we did our typical warm up on MJ trail, but this time (and the second time) we had the entire run to our selves. Just pointed the tips down and cruised.
After a romp on Phantom we headed up to Panorama. It looked just yummy from the lift. The parts above timberline were hard packed and wind blown. Really sticky and treacherous. Once we hit tree line we found about 2" of freshies. We were able to cut tracks in the great white expanse.
Garmin 205 performed like a champ, even in the bitter cold.
| Summary Data | ||
| Total Time (h:m:s) | 2:07:58 | 5:42 pace |
| Moving Time (h:m:s) | 1:58:02 | 5:16 pace |
| Distance (mi ) | 22.41 | |
| Moving Speed (mph) | 11.4 avg. | 39.9 max. |
| Elevation Gain (ft) | +13,288 / -13,300 | |
| Temperature (°F) | -3.1°F avg. | -0.4°F high |
| Wind Speed ( mph) | E 1.5 avg. | E 5.8 max. |
Two more runs at Panorama were tree runs, again mostly untracked lots of tight turns and tree wells. You cannot beat a clear day at MJ for overwhelming beauty.
Last full run was top of golden spike, into rainbow cut. Not as stellar as last week, but still very nice.
Eight runs in 2 hrs, at home by 1:00PM tough day to beat.
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