Day 2 and 3, January 5th and 6th

What a great weekend! According to Epic Mix, we skied over 25,000 vertical feet this weekend! All of that mileage was evident by Sunday afternoon because the girls were looking really good!  Saturday started out pretty cold but we were able to practice running real gates on Gunders in Bachelor Gulch right away. We were able to do that 4 times-not a single complaint. Our guest parent skier, Slavina (Sofia's mom) gave us some really good practice drills to think about while running gates and making turns-lifting up in between turns and putting pressure down during the turns, plus putting most pressure on the downhill ski in a turn. We ate at Arrowhead, then headed back to the Beav via Larkspur Bowl where we found some hideous bumps with lots of earth showing. We skied C-Prime on Rose Bowl, which was lovely, then hit our mogul patch at the bottom of Piney.

Sunday was a lot warmer. Our guest parent skier was Jean (Kamryn's mom). She helped us set up the Pole "gates" and she was a willing volunteer to help demonstrate one of Coach Matt's fun spin drills! It was very enjoyable to watch them attempt it with those long skis. Some of the best runs of the day were Redtail, where we did some ski pole "gate" practice, C-Prime, and our bump run on Lower Piney which we did 3 or 4 times. I can't forget to mention our Human Gates on Red Buffalo. All of us are excited for our first Race Day this Saturday! Meet time will be 8:30 am. Look for an email on Thursday or Friday with some reminders about the Race Day.