Michelin Man and Mountain Dew

Had a party at my house last night for Kelly on his return from Mammoth where he tried out for his Level 3 skiing certification. Good news is that he returned intact. Bad news was he missed the cut by a skosh. Here is a picture of Wallace and Kelly taken last night after the party doing their best Michelin Man imitations.




Arrived at Northstar this morning to find the Mountain Dew Vertical Challange in progress. MountainDewVC

On a whim I registered for the GS race they had setup on Upper Mainstreet figuring there probably would not be much competition in my age group.



Well I was right as I won my age group easily. From the race times it looks like I would have been competative in the younger age groups. So maybe I have racing talent? Well according to the way I read the rules I'm now entitled to compete in the western finals to be held at Breckenridge CO on April 2nd. Should I go?





Andy Bavetta

Had StarTykes again

This mornings StarTyke class in the Magic Forest, LTR Erika, Keith, Sasha, Jamie and Sierra.



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Quiet day at Northstar

Very slow day. Had the feeling that winter is over. Had only two students in both my morning level 1 class and my afternoon level 5 class. Here are a couple of pictures of me trying to teach two Asian ladies how to wedge down the bunny hill.





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First tracks

Monday morning a non work day arrived with 6 inches of new snow on the mountain. I was on the first chair up the Arrow lift at 8:30AM.



Skiing was awesome as there were so few on the hill at that time. Here is a view of Flying Squirrel from the Comstock lift on my second ride up. My tracks are on the left of the picture.



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Smile

Sunday morning was ski school group photo day. Below is a picture of the group milling around just after the official photo was taken.



Skied with Robert, Jennifer, Scott, Lindsey and Jill after the group photo was taken since I was not scheduled to work. Here is a photo of the gang taken on Sunday at the top of East Ridge.



Photo of the kids smilling faces after succesfully negociating upper Powder Bowl a black diamond run.




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"Andy, I can not wedge, I can not contol my speed,

I'm too fast moving, the trees are approaching"

Last day of high season today. Tought adult level 1's. Afternoon class of nine included five Indians or Pakistanis who had extreme difficulty mastering the basics of skiing. Photo is this mornings instructors lineup with me resting on my poles in forground and Wallace in white helmet in the background



Robert, Jen and the grandkids are here and skied Northstar today but I didn't see them as I was stuck in the biginners bowl all day.

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What StarTykes again?

This mornings Startyke class. LTR Conner, Hanna, Clair, John, Kyle and Frederico.



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Maui Visitors

Had a great time on Thursday skiing at Mt Rose with Wallace and the Whitneys. From RTL Kaye, Lance, me and Cole. Photo by Wallace.



From LTR Kaye, me, Wallace, Lance and Cole at Coles 10th birthday dinner at Cottonwoods. Cottonwood Restaurant





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Phase 1 complete.

New slate stairs are done just in time for my Maui guests to arrive, Day off work tomorow. Going to ski Mt Rose with Wallace, Kaye, Lance and Cole.



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Look Sue, it's Kevin and Peter!

Or is it Peter and Kevin?



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