Snow Is The Word

Went cross country skiing up Millcreek with Mark after work. Conditions were good - soft snow, recently groomed track with classical tracks set, not too cold, and we got there early enough to ski during the last daylight. Mark was able to squeeze into the larger of my two pairs of boots. He did good for his first time - just the usual unsteadiness most everyone feels as they adapt to a new activity with new motions and different balance. We went up 2.5 miles or so then turned around. I think downhill is harder than up on XC skis, and Elbow Fork is on the steep side, but Mark did fine. Coming down it was snowing lightly. Just a nice evening to be out on the skis. Mark snapped this photo with his camera phone (Warning! I look particularly dorky):



Afterward we drove the few blocks to REI and looked at their XC ski gear. Mark tried on a few boots. Is Mark a new convert?

After my wife came back from carpooling the kids to school she told me we got a lot of snow overnight. We got pounded - at least 10", if not a full foot of new snow. It's been a good snow year here along the Wasatch Front, and for most of Utah.