Closing Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!

As sad as closing weekend is at least Bikini downhill could lift ones spirits. It was a great year and skiing every weekend but two (one to go skiing in Alaska, one to go skiing in Canada) I ended up with 45 days! It was a great year and I am already stoked for next year!

Courtney on her last day at Crystal
Sean, Caitlin and Courtney carrying out the stuff from emptying out the room at the Alpine Inn
The crowd at the base on the last day
The bar at the top of the King in the South Back Country, great way to end an hour hike
Me on the last day at the top of the King

NEW SMITH Z BEND POLES!!!!!!!!!

So smith stopped making ski poles back in high school (2001) since then anyone who has them treats them like gold. I had a pair of yellow Z bends I loved but broke one, then I bought a grey pair... and broke one of those. For the past few years I have been rocking one yellow smith pole and one grey smith pole.... NO MORE! Courtney, the greatest wife in the world, found a pair of BRAND NEW smith poles on craigslist in Chicago. I now have brand new Smith Z bend Poles!!!! Still have the tags on them from 1996 and all!!!!

Second to Last Weekend..... Ahhhhhhhh!

This last weekend, the Snow was great, the weather was great, one problem only one more weekend left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Standing next to this rock in Southback...... All the sudden I felt very small
Paolo made his first trip ever out to Southback, he swears it will be his last
First run out Southback Saturday morning my line on the left
Mike Benson jumping off a cliff in Northback

Me skiing down a nice ridge in South

Skiing down a great line!

Easter Weekend, April Powder!

Saturday was a great April Skiing day, there was 17 inches of untouched fresh snow on chair 6 and in the backcountry...... however the crowds where insane as well

You can see my line directly between the single tree on the left and the group of trees to the right of that, the three people skiing in the middle are Courtney, Caitlin and Cassandra

First Sean skiing Avalanche Basin then Caitlin right after

Mike Benson Skiing down Silver basin with a nice little cliff drop in the middle

Seam skiing down Silver Basin under Threeway peak

Me skiing down threeway completely tired after breaking trail