day 28. skiing. sunday river. 1/7.

my 13th straight day on snow. i was scheduled to cover all the breaks but it looked like winds would be an issue. they would. i hit spruce first and then went all the way over to jordan. northern lights was really nice. i just about never skied that trail before this year but i have really grown to like it. the wind was gusting big time on jordan. took kansas back to northern lights to get to aurora. as i came up across kansas on the chair it really got nailed with a gust. when i got to the top kyle the foreman was on the controls watching the winds so i didn't have to stay. i got to the top of the chondola just as they were shutting that down so i didn't have to stay there, either. the wind holds were allowing me to get some extra skiing in. escapade down to the south ridge chair. winds weren't bad there so i actually gave someone a break. the north peak chair had opened since the chondola was down but when i got to the top of that one this time it was will the foreman on the controls watching the winds so once again my services weren't needed. down escapade again and across south ridge to barker. we had just put or safety gate down when that bottom operator called last chair because of the winds. we were two towers from the top when the hardest gust i had felt all day hit the chair and shut off the lift. we were right in the cross-hairs of the wind path and definitely hoping the lift would start back up when the mechanic ran up to the motor room. fortunately, it did start, but since it was on wind hold, no break coverage was necessary. headed down ecstasy and around cascades to the top of nine. the wind was blowing a lot of the snow off right down to ice and i was noticing my confidence was returning on ice. my recent tune-up helps but its also that when you are skiing with your weight centered like you should, instead of defensively leaning back, you can get your edge in even on ice. it wasn't too windy at the top of nine. then i headed from there down the rest of cascades to roadrunner to eleven. after eleven's break i was done except getting back because white cap was on wind hold, too. you can't get back to south ridge from eleven, so i took assumption back to nine and from the top of nine cut over to the trail where they set up most of kasmira's races which still had very good coverage. a nice fast run to end the day and i hit easy street flying back to south ridge. kasmira never headed out to ski at ski practice because of the wind holds. i headed over to barker and it seemed most of the people who did go out came right back in.
tomorrow i have class and no skiing. my legs can probably use the day off.