Powder Day!

The ice from this weekend's freeze was complemented perfectly by an all day snow totally close to 8 inches by the end of the day. It was a bit treacherous getting to the mountain, but we were still able to get on the lifts at 9am. We were able to get the course set up quickly with the efficient help of men's team captain DR Richardson. Unfortunately, we had a slightly smaller crew of skiers today as some members of the team are nursing colds. The morning presented us with some solid training as soon as we were able to get down to the harder snow. Mallory Taub made considerable progress through the morning as did Adam Axler and Mike Cohen. We were able to take some video and will be reviewing it in the next few days.

(click photo for photo album)

In the afternoon we set a course that we did only three runs on. We had to take two full length slip runs to clear out the enormous amount of snow that accumulated during our lunch break. Courtney (aka Coach Whalen) set her first ever ski course which was well received by everyone. Congratulations!

The snow was super slow, but it gave people a chance to work on being aggressive. After our three runs we pulled down the course and took a much needed free skiing adventure around the mountain. The sides of the trails were covered with snow, though the ice from the rain last week made for some strange skiing conditions. The photos that I have made an album from (above) are from our afternoon free skiing session. We have more slalom set for tomorrow, though it may be difficult to pass up the excellent snow that is set to continue until 10 tonight.

Also - big news in US Ski Racing history with Bode Miller matching Phil Mahre's record of World Cup wins by and American - see article here.