Hole Ski Area. They have a brand new tram which is pretty cool taking you up to the top of
Rendevous Peak (I think). Greg (nephew) was with us. He is a snowboarder likes to go fast
and get air (Air Bear). Elena proved once again why she was a top ranked national alpine
racer, while I just made big easy turns. Next up was Grand Targee where we stuck to the groomers. Elena was almost killed by a snowboarder (Sorry Dude!). Then we did some
backcountry on Teton Pass including State Line Bowl (steep, good powder, long slog to the
car), Christmas Tree Bowl (skier right of Eldleweiss) which was quite good all things considered.
I got some good turns in fresh pow in the steep trees. Also went down Thanksgiving Bowl;
it was good in the gully but above and below it was breakable crust requiring survival turns--jump, stem, snowplow whatever. We did a little "track" skiing (that is, cross country) at
Teton Ridge Ranch, the private resort owned by Paul Allen, you know, the guy who started
Microsoft with Bill Gates.
The bad news is it took us a week to get back. First the fuel pump failed, then the highway in
North Dakota was closed for two days. Today we did the North Loop four times and it was
great! Thanks to Matt for grooming. It looks like this is the end of skiing however.
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