Windy Weather at Wildcat

We've returned this year to Wildcat Mountain in the shadows of Mt. Washington. With our condensed season this year we are moving quickly into the gates.

On Sunday we went freeskiing around the Mountain and tried to regain our balance. For many athletes it was their first time skiing this year, and for some their first time skiing with a race team ever. We continued on in our bold tradition of welcoming all to the team and there has been much progress since our first day.

On Monday we braved 60 MPH winds and pelting ice blowing up the hill to make it through a rough day. The quad was shut down, but the triple cranked us up as we trained on Cheetah. There was plenty of time for free runs on the harrowing "Wild Kitten" Trail and Blaine Martin '11 and Kia Mosenthal '12 continued their drill progressions as they push towards the top of the podium this weekend. Miraculously, the wind did not mean cold weather, but it did make effective training difficult. We braved through it, as we only have a few days left until our first race.

Today was another excellent day of training with the Boston College Ski Team. We had a reprieve from the wind, by the ice prevailed on treacherous Bobcat. Edges were tested along with spirits as we stripped down to GS suits for timed runs. Ms. Krista Consiglio '11 took the most enthusiastic award for her four runs in her bright pink GS suit while Mr. Jeffrey Ernsting '11 skiied remarkably well, posting likely the best run of his entire life. Many skiers were taken out by the mid course ice mogul/aerial jump. We fixed the problem and finished up with our best day of training yet! We are finishing up the day with some video analysis.

Three days until our first race at Sunapee, hope to see you there!