48 Hours

As predicted, Kosi chair did not reopen this weekend so it meant another climb up from Snowgums to get in a few turns. Despite a good frost this morning, the change in the 48 hours since my last ski on Friday was pretty amazing. Most of Thursday's freshies had disappeared but the skiing was still great fun. The snow was wet but neither slow nor sticky - good spring touring snow.

It was perfect weather for touring - a light cool breeze - meaning I wore a shell up and down the chair but just a long sleeved cotton top for the rest - to stop sun burn.

View from the bridge on my way out to the "hill"

The view from the top of the Main Face back to Eagles Nest
compare this with Friday's shot

The North Face was so much fun I had to do it twice

Some high cloud moved through during the morning
thicker cloud could be seen to the south

There were some strange sights out on the range

I had to rebuild sections of my zipper line
that had disappeared in less than 48 hours

Marion's waterfall and 2 others - it's all happening now

Spring has sprung - grasshopper in drain near the bridge
And the first high alpine wild flowers are out

It was mostly beige snow with white highlights

I got to use all facets of the hill before the music died

It was disappointing to be forced off the hill after 3 hours out there due to equipment failure - snapped the earphone cable from podsie :-(

Mind you I had put in more than 3000 steps on the zipper line before this, but whose counting? I didn't need to today because I know how many each line required from Friday's effort.