Skiers: Doug Erb and David D'Antonio.
Conditions: About 28" of snow, calm with temps never reaching 10 degrees F.
A Bode's breakfast burrito powered us up the trail. Doug commented afterwards that it was steady 4 mile up the whole way. With the cold, you don't really stop, keep moving keeps you warm. Other than one small spot that was windblown and now icy with a few rocks poking through, the snow was good to excellent. We arrived at the yurt at 4pm, happy and exhausted. Got right to work: heat and water. Took awhile for the yurt to heat up, we probably felt coldest at this time. Our toes wouldn't unfreeze. But a warm yurt, a good dinner and conversation and a warm sleeping bag were wonderful payoffs. Not to mention beer.
Short tours the next day. A 2 hour up and down through the woods, followed by lunch and relax at the yurt and then another 1 1/2 in the late afternoon. Après ski hour, dinner, games, fun.
Each night clear and below zero. You could go out to the outhouse in your yurt clothes and not feel cold at all. Of course, not too long!
Skied out in the blink of an eye, under 2 hours. Where did the time go?
Sorry you couldn't make it!