Sunday, March 15, 2009

Snow camping - Saturday

We woke up on Saturday to a crystal-clear morning. It was still cold - Jared said it was 9 right when he woke up - but we managed to eat some oatmeal (and a a few cookies and hot chocolate) for breakfast.

Then we decided to go out and play in the snow. It was really cool to see tons of nice snow with no tracks. We found a pretty cool hill that we spent a lot of time at. Kari and Jared brought their snowboards, so they would go down the hill on their boards and hike back up. Emily skied around and I went down the hill on the sled.

The day was amazing - really clear and sunny. It even got hot at one point. After a while we broke camp to go back home. My sled weighed less than half as much as it did on the way in. I still had some troubles because it kept wanting to tip over on it's left side. But we made it to our cars in about half the time.
A view of the mountains from our camp.

The morning sun over the valley.
It was a nice clear day.
Here is our tent. It's not a 4-season tent, but it did the trick. We pack snow on three-sides of the tent to trap in air to help keep it warm.
Lots of fresh snow. The track ones the left were made by Emily. The ones on the right by Rachel.
Jared getting ready to start another run.
Banjo chillin' out after some long runs.Emily on one of her long skis.I think you can see Banjo and Jared on in the valley.Emily and the mountains.
Our nice little snow hill.
Jared, Banjo and Emily enjoying the snow.
There were tons of spectacular views.
Sometimes you need a rest when there is so much playing.
The happy couple enjoying the great outdoors.

1 comment:

Mom said...

What is a pudge iron?