Snow

You're flying down the hill on big Popsicle sticks, making a turn here, then there, and all of a sudden a child barely able to walk races past you, then a snowboarder jumps over you....your Skiing. Skiing/Snowboarding is one of the greatest most exhilarating sports ever. The rush of the sport comes when you're flying down the mountain moving at car-like speeds, it's great.....until you fall.

It kind of sucks when you're making your way down the mountain, taking you're time, watching kids, snowboarders, idiots going past you and then...the inevitable happens...your skis stop doing what your telling them, and you fall down, and after a few tumbles and both skis flying down the hill, you regain consciousness. That part sucks, and I feel for Natasha Richardson who had a horrific accident. It's fun, dangerous...but is something everyone should not miss out on.

I recently made my way to Belleayre Mountain for a last ditch skiing effort (see pictures). The weather was in the 60's and the snow was hardly there. The trails had snow, but everything else didn't, seriously. This is not a good time to look down when on a lift, cause it's just grass and mud to break your fall. I was skiing in a 711 slushy machine, but it was great. Take a look at the pictures, now the elevation isn't all the great, but, if you look across to the other mountain, there isn't any snow...none, aside from the trails, hardly any snow could be found.

Sorry buddy, it was the only pic I had.