The Elusive Glade

I finally got out today on a ski trip although we didn’t do any turns. Instead of climbing the usual route up Sugarbowl ridge we hiked eastward along the creek. The intent was to find a glade, a really good place for turns, we discovered last year on our way back out from a trip up the usual way.

Today we hiked too far east before turning up through the trees and instead coming out into a massive open area. It would have been a great place to ski except the slope was too steep for the conditions, slabby snow.

After much discussion we decided to head west in the hopes of stumbling across the glade. By this time the air temperature had warnmed up above zero and the snow was like porridge. I fell down numerous times trying to not kill myself, dodging trees, as we slid down the wet slope. We had given up on the glade. It was nice to finally burst out of the trees and see the truck waiting for us on the highway.

The best part of the whole trip was being outside in the fresh air with friends. We're going back next weekend to continue our hunt for the glade.