like falling off a bicycle

[ilanarama]

We went skiing yesterday, for the first time in, oh, four years. I was pleased to see that my mediocre technique has not suffered too much for the hiatus. Hopefully this summer I will discover the same about my climbing technique and my whitewater rafting technique.

Skiing is really just an excuse to get out during the winter. It was just so darn beautiful up there at Purgatory Durango Mountain Resort. Engineer Mountain looked like a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, lacking only the cherry on top. And the jaggedy peaks of the Weminuche, all snow-covered and imposing, stood out so starkly against the sky. There is nothing like the blue of the Colorado sky.

I'm hoping to get out into the backcountry soon, too. Right now the avalanche danger pointer is at mega-scary, but maybe a few weeks will help.

And oh, man, do I hurt today. But it's a good hurt.