Mt Ashland Ski 12.08.10

Arriving at the Mt Ashland Lodge before the road was plowed, the group elected to ski from there. As the weather service predicted, it was blustery and snowing hard with whiteout conditions. After turning around about 2 miles from the Lodge, a brief break in the whiteout allowed this photo of the skiers on the back side of Mt Ashland. With the wind a blowin' at their backs, the skiers had a beautiful glide back down to the parking area. As the temperature had warmed a bit and it was sleeting, we then headed back to Ashland for coffee and conversation at the Apple Cellar. It was sure fun to get out.

Page Mountain Ski 12.01.10

Four skiers braved the rain on Wednesday, Dec. 1 to enjoy a nature-filled ski day at Page Mt. snowpark. We saw a juvenile bald eagle sitting in the top of a snag on the drive up. We skied to the top of the mountain, following bear tracks most of the way. At a trail juncture the bear went left and we went on up to the top. On the way down we decided to track the bear further and followed its tracks for another half mile or so until they went over a steep embankment. We left it to our imagination that the bear was holed up down there. We also saw some type of cat tracks (bobcat perhaps) and lots a rabbit tracks. Even though it rained on us most of the day the snow was still decent and we had a great time.


Ann