Today I woke up to clear skies and a good foot of fresh snow. After two runs I had my bearings on the resort and headed up the Roca Jack (A crazy 5 person puma lift). On my secant ride a ski patroller named Edwardo slid up next to me on the puma. On the way up he gave me a wink and a head nod to our left where there was a large closed sign. I instantly knew that he was going to open it and that I should follow. When we got to the end of the traverse he dropped the rope and let me dive in first. Needless to say it was one of the greatest runs of my life. I spent the next two hours following him around as he opened terrain. What a Day!
Edwardo You Are The Man!
5 responses so far ↓
1 Lee // Jul 23, 2007 at 11:49 am
You bastard. Just wait though, Thursday (fingers crossed, knocking on wood) is going to be the best day of the season here. Forecast says no wind, and it will have been snowing on and off since Friday night.
2 DREW // Jul 23, 2007 at 5:31 pm
SOUNDS LIKE A BEAUTY DAY! I AM HEADING DOWN FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST AND LOOKING FORWARD FOR SOME SNOW. WHERE WILL YOU GUYS BE AT? IM RUNNIN’ THIS TRIP SOLO, LETS GET THE BAND TOGETHER!
3 Tim // Jul 23, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Hey Drew,
I will be in Portillo till Aug. 4th then will be traveling back to Las Lenas for the rest of the season.
4 Dave // Jul 24, 2007 at 8:21 am
I’m heading down this weekend, I’ll be at Portillo from this saturday til next. How are the conditions looking? Is there still a lot of fresh if you hike for it?
5 Ant // Jul 24, 2007 at 9:39 am
jammy git! Let August be just as good! Will be in Bariloche, Argentina, for the month riding the local mountains. I’ll be the guy on the first chair on a powder day!
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