This is what crust skiing does for you.
This is what sun in March does to you.
We’ve had great crust skiing for a few days now. Many days, it feels like. A new leaf!
There’s even been powder on the top that stays nice and nice and nice.
Every day there’s a few hours of Sweet Spot before it gets too soft or too icy. Actually, I dunno if it’s gotten too hard yet anywhere.
Now, where people tramped when it was sloppy is ruined. That turns to pure, chunky ice.
You have to head for uncharted terrain.
I’ve been going out at 10am and blazing, blazing around.
It’s the only time of year where I wear earbuds. I just rock out and fly fly fly. I also catch jumps.
It’s pure Bill Koch time!
Billy is proud of anyone who skis the crust!
Now, I’ve also been mixing it up: a little skate, a little classic. Both are WONDERFUL. Glorious!
When the sun comes out and the powder-crust is true — it’s as good as Colorado could get. It’s worldclass skiing in mid-Michigan right now everywhere you look.
…Yet I’m the only one I’ve seen.
Don’t we live in a northern state? What happened to “water winter wonderland”???
I once took a ski clinic from the Soviet ski coach. He said when he grew up in Siberia if it got too cold or blizzardy the teacher would just take the class out skiing all day. They’d ski out half a day then turn around and ski back in their track.
Here in Michigan we’ve had some overcast days. (Ahem.) Now it’s sunny. Any person with a brain would be taking their class (or body) OUTSIDE for some fresh air fun!
(Sad, the price we pay for Idiocracy. It’s a lost generation (or three). Not lost as in they searching but don’t know where to go, lost as in no brainwaves for the sake of life. Flatlined. Couched. Screened. “Dimes on their eyes, walking.” — Father Walt.)
Everybody should be out there, everywhere, at 10am and again at 4pm when it starts cooling off.
It’s been getting 35F days, 20 nites. Perfect!
