Unable to resist the calling of 16" of fresh snow in the last 24 hours (about 60" in the last 7 days), Anya and I skipped work on Friday to go skiing. This also would be Anya's last chance to ski for a few weeks; she leaves Saturday to visit her parents in Belarus for New Year's and beyond.
Eighty miles, 2 hours, and a snowy 4,400 foot ascent from Seattle is Crystal Mountain, a large ski resort in the Cascades that borders Mount Rainier National Park. Conditions were, to use a well-worn skiing cliché, epic. Neither Anya nor I have ever skied in so much fresh powder, which requires a different skiing technique than typical groomers, moguls, or Minnesota ice. It's really tiring, but incredibly fun. We're both exhausted but happy.
This time we remembered the camera and took some beautiful pictures.
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