Friday, Jan. 29, was a travel day. Nice short flight to Salt Lake City for week long ski trip at Deer Valley, UT. Went to ski shop & bought a ski helmet (with a IPod audio link!). After Natasha Richardson's tragic death from a skiing brain injury and my skull fracture while racing at the track last May, I am now a big supporter of ski helmets. We are staying at our timeshare at Marriott Mountainside which is ski in/ski out at Park City. Yet we do our skiing at Deer Valley -love the ambience, food, no lift lines and great mountain. We have a great mountain view and can see right in the quad chair lift as it passes by our window. Sundance film festival is still going on!
Sat., Jan. 30 - Beautiful sunny day of skiing at Deer Valley; felt confident and good for my first ski day of the season; worked on form and rhythm. Moderate day of 3 hrs actual skiing (no lift lines), 12 runs and 15,000 vertical feet. Had a great time. Drinking lots of water. Oh, do I love lunch - grilled salmon salad everyday at Empire Lodge. Rich loves the turkey chili.
Sun., Jan. 31 - 10" new snow at Deer Valley summit; slopes looked ungroomed so we skiied through big piles of powder; hard on the legs; snowy and cloudy most of the day; cut it short after 10 runs, 12,250 vertical feet. Shopping Day! Love my new Kjus ski outfit!
Mon., Feb.1 - Sunny day today; hit the Deer Valley slopes and did some black diamond runs; 11 runs, 15,030 vertical ft; feel my legs but great day.
Tues., Feb. 2 - Small group lesson on XC Skate Skiing. I had done a fair amount of cross country skiing but skate skiing was a challenge. We practiced several different types of poling techniques (v1 and v2) depending on the terrain. My saving grace is that I did in-line skating for many years and the technique is similar. It would take a lot of practice for me to really enjoy this. A real energy burner – I just had a sweater and running tights and was hot.
Wed., Feb. 3 - Great day of skiing and my best performance on the skis this week; 6 expert runs in the morning; total 15 runs, 20,080 vertical ft.
Thurs., Feb. 4 - Last day of skiing so enjoyed moderate day of alpine skiing at Deer Valley; few inches of fresh snow and mostly sunny; few expert runs in the morning; worked on control and technique and avoid injury. 15,000 vertical feet.
Fri., Feb. 5 - Good flight back back from SLC to Oakland
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