Day 44: Freshies at Echo
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
I went up to the “terrain park with a lift” that is Echo Mountain Park today. I was treated to about 5 inches of fresh snow. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen Echo with fresh snow on the ground. To make things even better, no one was there! There couldn’t have been 20 cars in the parking lot and it seemed like less than a dozen other people on the mountain. After a warm up run, I knew it was going to be a good day.
The landings were nice and soft, so I got brave. I took bigger and steeper jumps - ones I’d never had the guts to hit before. I crashed a few times while I was trying to adjust my center. By the end of the day, I was landing every jump I took - most of them very clean and smooth. On my last full run, I went for the rotation and landed switch fairly clean. It was my most profound 180 thus far. I was a little sketchy, but I stayed up and never so much as touched the snow with my hands.
I forgot the camera, so I tried to snap a quick shot on my phone on the drive up. I went up before the plows ran, so it was an adventure getting there. A few areas had fog sitting in the forest. I wish I’d had my camera as I’ve never seen fog and snow before…
56 days left…
