Winter Wonderland
Sam and I did a little skiing this weekend. We hit Itasca first on friday. Conditions were all over the place. some trails were groomed which were soft, some weren't and were icy(but not as bad as here in the cities). Good snow coverage though and very nice scenery with well flowing trails. About 50km total friday
Driving to Maplelag friday after Itasca we drove past Rainbow resort and saw they had some racing this weekend. We were going to race if it was early morning but it was afternoon so no dice. After spaghetti we went for a short night time ski with head lights.
Sat morning we loaded up on crapes and snausages and headed out on the classics. Jay took some time to join us for a while and did some of the western loops and my favorite Luckys loype. Jay showed us how its done going down suicide hill with a little tele.
For lunch we had chicken dumpling soup, with ham and cheese sandwiches, then it was out for round 2. We broke out the skate skis and did skaters waltz a few times and North Loup. We ended the day with beef brisket, au gratin potatoes, salad and Russian custard. Tough I know. About 50km on the day.
Sunday morning was smorgasbord with Norwegian racing soup (as Jim called it) Norwegian wedding cake, scandinavian cheeses, breakfast potatoes, quiche, pickled harring, kipper snacks, oysters, and a variety of other stuff. Maplelag expects there guests to do alot of skiing to burn off the food. After breakfast we did another 20km.
The weather was perfect for skiing. Teens for highs and an inch or two of fresh powder sat night. everthing had a white coat on it. Grooming was of coarse world class. Jib or fly shown in the picture, likes to wander around the trails and run along the skiers. He showed up twice on our journeys. Thanks to the Richards and the maplelag staff for a great time.
This is the start of the trails in Itasca going south on the east entrance road from the visitor center. Fresh cord and no poles.
Driving to Maplelag friday after Itasca we drove past Rainbow resort and saw they had some racing this weekend. We were going to race if it was early morning but it was afternoon so no dice. After spaghetti we went for a short night time ski with head lights.
Sat morning we loaded up on crapes and snausages and headed out on the classics. Jay took some time to join us for a while and did some of the western loops and my favorite Luckys loype. Jay showed us how its done going down suicide hill with a little tele.
For lunch we had chicken dumpling soup, with ham and cheese sandwiches, then it was out for round 2. We broke out the skate skis and did skaters waltz a few times and North Loup. We ended the day with beef brisket, au gratin potatoes, salad and Russian custard. Tough I know. About 50km on the day.
Sunday morning was smorgasbord with Norwegian racing soup (as Jim called it) Norwegian wedding cake, scandinavian cheeses, breakfast potatoes, quiche, pickled harring, kipper snacks, oysters, and a variety of other stuff. Maplelag expects there guests to do alot of skiing to burn off the food. After breakfast we did another 20km.
The weather was perfect for skiing. Teens for highs and an inch or two of fresh powder sat night. everthing had a white coat on it. Grooming was of coarse world class. Jib or fly shown in the picture, likes to wander around the trails and run along the skiers. He showed up twice on our journeys. Thanks to the Richards and the maplelag staff for a great time.
This is the start of the trails in Itasca going south on the east entrance road from the visitor center. Fresh cord and no poles.
posted by Eric O. at 5:12 PM
1 Comments:
Good pics. I robbed the snow on the branch one for the Maplelag site. Very nice. Fun having you guys this weekend and hooking for a ski was a treat. Thanks for coming up. You guys should of raced yesterday. It was pretty low key. We were done by 12:30. Next time...
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