Mammoth!

Mon-Fri: Lazy. Recovering from the previous week and sickness. Also packing and lots of research for Japan/Mammoth trips.

Sat 1/16: Skiing! Went slow the first few hours to help out a new snowboarder, then went on some harder stuff. Visibility was really bad higher up in the morning, but it cleared up a bit in the afternoon so we went on chair 23 a bunch after it opened up, which had quite a bit of powder since it had just been snowing :). Spent pretty much the whole day around the middle of the mountain.

Sun 1/17: Spent the first few hours on cloud 9, that side was pretty windswept but there was a part the wind swept the snow to which felt really cool since it was like a layer of snow that was kind of like floating above the ground which made it feel a bit powdery. Then went on the gondola a few times, which still had some powder in the bowls. Then went to the backside, where I found nice fresh powder in the trees. Andy and I got stuck though since the lifts closed and we got towed by snowmobiles! Went on the middle/large sized jumps a few times and just barely didn't have enough speed because it was too windy. Also didn't push myself speed/turning wise because my lower left shin was hurting a bit.

Overall, these two days of skiing felt really relaxed, especially compared to last week. Still decent exercise though, and got some powder in!