Quick Winter

I have a bit to catch up on.  I had a short racing season this past winter due to a DH training wreck in Bormio, Italy on December 28th.  Luckily I walked away and can now say that I have a clean bill of health.

Although I did not return to racing I was able to enjoy the last couple months of winter with a ton of pow skiing and hanging out in the mountains with good friends.  A luxury that is not often afforded to the traveling ski racer.  A week in Jackson Hole, one in AK, a handful of days in Snowbird and a ton of ripping at home in Squaw Valley salvaged my winter.  Here a few pics from along the way.

A day after I was released from the hospital in Austria.  My face was a little mangled and my head pretty rattled.  

It took me two months to get cleared to ski again but when I got the go ahead I went directly to Jackson Hole to visit my sister and Trevor.  It snowed almost every night for a week.  

Trevor introduced me to Teton Pass, we would hike in the early AM and then ski the resort all day.  

Trevor, Chelsea and I enjoying  a blue Wyoming day.

This view never gets old

Early morning hike

More fun skiing 

from the top

Got to do some touring with a whole new Tahoe crew that I rarely see in the winter, this is Jack Wolf an old ski racing buddy.

Squaw during an amazing streak of skiing. 

Nate and I smiling after an afternoon of snow machining in AK

This is a shot from Arctic Man, can see the hoard of RVs in the enter of the shot out in the distance.

Looking forward to getting back to this.  

I am now in Mammoth with the rest of the US Downhill Team.  The conditions have been a lot of fun. We actually had a pow day on Thursday but since then the weather has mellowed out and we have accomplished a couple days of Super G training.  For me it is great to get back to work and feel the adrenaline that you get when you put a pair of race skis on your feet.

Hope that everyone is enjoying spring.  I am looking forward to a bit more skiing in Mammoth and then spending time with this lady.