The above photos capture the scale of what these extreme skiers do . Straight over the rocks often doing flips in the air on the way down. The competition is held annually on the Hanging Valley Wall and on Rock Island and takes place annually on the last weekend in Feb. Worth seeing if anyone thinking of coming here around that time.
We had a lovely visit from Graeme & Anna Russell who made the most of the good conditions . By the end of their week here there was n't much of Ajax, Highlands , Buttermilk and Snowmass they hadn't explored. Most impressed with their skiing - and their stamina - we were.
Finally some photos of our cross country skiing day up to Pine Creek Cookhouse beyond Ashcroft to celebrate Gracie's birthday. (Gracie, you may remember, is our employer over the summer--she owns the gardening business, Pretty Petals.)Spectacular scenery with huge potential avalanche shutes in evidence.
A beautiful Easter day service at Snowmass chapel with some stunning music. Then another cross country trip up to Pine Creek Cookhouse with Neil & Martha Palmer who had come up from Boulder to Glenwood for weekend. A good photo too of our day with them.
