On Sunday, we decided to ski Moonlight Basin. Still no new snow... I figured I'd work on my (poor) tele skills, and it turned out to be a very very tiring day!
We parked at Moonlight Lodge, a very fancy place, and probably very expensive, however, since we took passes only for Moonlight Basin, the tickets were not too expensive. And it was really not crowded at all, which I thought was surprising considering how nice the weather was.
I had a hard time skiing down black diamonds, however, by the end of the day I felt confident enough to follow Junior and the Ancient up the headwaters. This is the wall that tops the ski area. You have to hike a little bit to get to the chairlift that goes up there. And wow! it's steep! OK, I cheated a little bit, and went down doing alpine turns, but believe me, it's still a good balance exercise!
The Ancient and I decided to call it a day and meet Oggy at the lodge while Junior kept going. I felt a little old that day. The hot tub was barely enough to relax my poor legs, and by 10pm, everybody was sound asleep (it might be due in part to the fact that we each ate a pound and 1/4 of meat for dinner?).
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