With the family out of town for the week, I decided to get in a ski day before it was too late. Drove up to Stowe to enjoy their closing day. It was an absolutely perfect day in the mountains. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and temperature hovered in the 40s all day - enough to soften the snow, but not so much to turn everything to slush. Mixing runs through the soft bumps, with high-speed cruisers, and adventure runs through the trees (where the late-season conditions left a few more rocks, stumps, and streams kept things interesting), I got in a little of everything out there. The quads started to go, but I figured I was skipping a CF WOD for this, so I kept pushing through to the end of the day. Finished up with a nice tailgate party until the sun went behind the mountain. A fine day. I owe you all some pictures on this blog, but the camera went with the kids for the week. (They're a lot cuter than me.)
16,000 vertical feet in 5 hours
3 beers and one t-bone steak in the parking lot
About Me
- Patrick Haskell
- A Jack-of-all-trades and master of none, I've been at times focused on tennis, wrestling, soccer, martial arts, volleyball, cycling, dance, mountain biking, and skiing. I still ski, and occasionally bike and play soccer. I train in my garage and in the great outdoors, whether it's squats in the cage or a day of backcountry skiing. A Level 1 CrossFit trainer, I'm insatiably curious and am constantly seeking out better ways to train. At 41, I have two young children, and I train in hopes of keeping up with them for many years to come.
2 comments:
I'm jealous. My snow and ice season ended in March.
I've still got a day at Mt. Washington coming to me. You need to make the pilgrimage yourself. There will be good backcountry skiing for another month still. (After that the autoroad will open, and then it's hardly backcountry.)
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