Sunday, January 22, 2006

Bear in Mott Canyon

I forgot to mention Ray and I ran into an adult black bear while skiing at Heavenly's Mott Canyon last weekend. The poor fellow was sitting in a tree in the middle of the skiable terrain, probably scared up there by the first skiers of the day. It spent the whole day at about 10ft off the ground, balancing its massive body on a 10 inch branch. Incredible...

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

New Year - New Ski Season


I spent last week at Ray's place in Stateline. The snow cover is still thin, but we had a lot of fun playing on the slopes. I got to try a Stalmach snowbike - pretty cool stuff! On Friday, we picked up Maureen and Misha in Ray's pimpin' plane (see pix here). I got to fly this Mirage over Lake Tahoe at night, which is an experience which cannot be described without audio effects and uncoordinated hectic hand gestures by the narrator (me). The long-awaited storm finally hit on saturday, and after a day of skiing in Heavenly we headed to our cabin in North Lake and met up with Mike and Wei to eat at an excellent italian restaurant recommended by Amy. We spent MLK skiing at squaw (1-2ft of powder) and headed back to the Bay Area on Monday night.