Cross country skiing

[ridebikeme]

Sounds like a wonderful day Wahine! It isn't very often that I choose to ski rather than ride, but knowing that the snow won't be here long well...

Have fun with building the rest of your new bike!! Velocity makes some great rims, have a couple of sets myself.


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[lph]

Wahine, I envy you your mountainview skiing! And your skate-groomed trails. I have lots of xc trails right off my back yard, but they're hilly, twisty wooded trails with no views at all. And just about all of them classic groomed. Which is fine, actually, because I suck at skating

[Wahine]

We skated again today. Another bluebird day.

LPH - we are really lucky. Our Nordic center has about 20 to 25 km of trail that is groomed for both skating and classic. It's a hilly treed area, so there is a lot of fun ups and downs with turns in the trees but then you come to the opening at a meadow or pond and suddenly the Mountain is right in your face.

But we also have to drive 45 min to get to the snow. The flip side of that is that where we live, there is no snow on the ground for almost the entire year. So it's not unusual for DBF and I to ski in the morning then do an easy recovery road ride in the afternoon.

We are very, very fortunate.

[DebW]

I was up at Lake Champlain this weekend, skiing on the snow-covered lake with views of Mt. Marcy in the Adirondaks under bright sunshine and even an incredible sunset.

[ridebikeme]

Sounds like a beautiful day Deb! I've done some riding in that area, but have never skiied there.

Got out yesterday wih Shanna, (my chocolate lab) and we had a great day. A shortish loop, but one that wound through some trees and was quite nice. I'll definitely have to remember to get on this trail with my mtn bike... umm perhaps with the studded tires this week.


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