Brown Mt Shelter Ski 04.10.10

Skiers with Brown Mountain and Mt McLoughlin in the Background 

Nine skiers from the Grants Pass Nordic Ski Club and the Southern Oregon Nordic Club toured from the Ichabod Quarry punch-out up to the quarry, down through the woods and on out a snow-mobile road to Brown Mountain Shelter for a sunny lunch. Mild temperatures, a firm base and a soft top inch made for great spring conditions. On the way up the mountain the group enjoyed multiple runs down a 5 acre playhill called Manzanita Meadows by some. Nary a raindrop hit the skiers heads until they were getting back in their vehicles; who could ask for a better day.

Mt Ashland Formal Ski 04.03.10

Thirteen of the more than 2 dozen skiers from the Southern Oregon Nordic Club and the Grants Pass Nordic Ski Club who participated in the the annual Formal Ski. Making their way through 10 inches of dense powder with snow flurries about one half the way, the troop skied out to the Grouse Gap Shelter for a party with excellent high class hors d'ouvres, bubbly and great conversation. As the mountain was filled with down-hillers on the backside as well, the group got numerous nice comments on their outfits and many questions such as "Is it a wedding?."