The Family Sideways: Double Black Diamond

Double Black Diamond 3/02/2007 02:11:00 PM

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Originally uploaded by Dana Fitz.

So with all the snow we've gotten here the last week (I think it's up around 4-5 feet since last Saturday) I finally worked up the courage to hit the double black diamond runs. And with all the powder, they are REALLY sweet. I was getting some great face shots today heading down into a couple chutes and bowls on one side of the mountain. It's funny--I usually just avoid that area, but with powder everywhere, it really was a blast. Not to mention there are rarely people over on that side, so a lot of the time it really does feel like you have the whole mountain to yourself. For at least a little while anyway...

So now I'm about to take a nap and then have a meeting for the Pentathlon tonight. Sheila and Lisa and I put a team together--me doing the run up the mountain and snowboard down, Sheila doing the snowshoe, Lisa doing the skate ski and bike, and then I'm finishing it off with a 2 mile run. Can't wait--this is the first year the event has filled up beforehand, and it sounds like a lot of people come out to cheer everyone on. Yea!

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