day 14. skiing. sunday river. 12/23.

i was scheduled all week as a spare and jeremy was doing the whole mountain by himself. there are less lifts on weekdays but he was still having some trouble getting it all done. i started the day checking tickets on the chondola. at around ten kyle came and told me they needed me to do tsbr. jeremy had been helping on south ridge and was just getting started, too, so there was no way he could do it himself. i got barker, spruce and white cap today. south ridge went down for a while so i took the chondola up and skied down to barker. i headed up the lift and kenny was up there and i gave him his break. i really like the barker shack: comfortable, nice view and easy lift (hardly any stops). then i headed down ecstacy and cascades to the top of the tempest lift. i realized that after that break i wouldn't be able to get straight to the white heat lift from there so i headed up the locke mountain chair and gave benny his break. from there it was back down ecstacy and cascades to snowbound and lower obsession to the lift. on the ride up it was cool to watch the groomers ripping up the mountains of snow they had made on white heat. the cat at the headwall actuyally gets tethered to a pulley because it is so steep. and they had made a lot of snow. wayne gurney was at the top and he is kind of an odd bird. not mush going on up there. i had never worked that shack before but obviously its all experts up there and there were no stops. i was alittle nervous because i was going to have to take obsession which is a black diamond down and wasn't sure if my legs and confidence were up for it but it was actually fantastic. for my 4th day on skis i felt really good. then heat's off to cascades down to barker and easy street and back to the hub in south ridge. the guy loading cabins on the chondola said his back was bothering him so i did that for the rest of the day. i have never done that before and it is a very fast-paced and active position.