That mountain your on looks like a great place for back country skiing.
Just curious, if you x-country ski in the off season? It’s a common practice for cyclists in minnesota due to the length of the winter and sizable ski community.
That particular mountain isn’t the best for XC skiing, but there are a ton of awesome ones out here. I know there is a huge backcountry contigent around Winter Park. I do not have XC Ski gear, so I usually hike and run in the winter. I really want to learn to skate ski and to even do a few races, but that will happen sometime down the road.
I started skate skiing last year at the urging of my cycling buddies and I am racing the birke this year, whether that’s wise or not we’ll see. 50k and 10,000 feet of climb, oofdah!
So I offer my full endorsement to go for it. I think I like it as much as i like cycling, Doh! did i say that out loud. : )
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Hehe. It was a fantastic run this morning though, despite the fact that my eyebrows kept freezing to my sunglasses because of the snow …
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr, to cold for the belgian guy…..
Taint.. funny.
That mountain your on looks like a great place for back country skiing.
Just curious, if you x-country ski in the off season? It’s a common practice for cyclists in minnesota due to the length of the winter and sizable ski community.
The new green color scheme looks good btw.
Hey Joel,
That particular mountain isn’t the best for XC skiing, but there are a ton of awesome ones out here. I know there is a huge backcountry contigent around Winter Park. I do not have XC Ski gear, so I usually hike and run in the winter. I really want to learn to skate ski and to even do a few races, but that will happen sometime down the road.
I started skate skiing last year at the urging of my cycling buddies and I am racing the birke this year, whether that’s wise or not we’ll see. 50k and 10,000 feet of climb, oofdah!
So I offer my full endorsement to go for it. I think I like it as much as i like cycling, Doh! did i say that out loud. : )
One of my best friends does the Birke every year! 🙂 in fact, she is on this blog – Anne