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X-Country Skiing 2013 / 2014
First x-country ski outing of the season Saturday morning. I went with a group of friends who were going to snowshoe from Tibble Fork Reservoir to Silver Lake Flat. I went with the intent of snowshoeing also, but threw my x-country ski gear in just in case. When we met up at the reservoir, I checked the road above the gate and decided there was enough snow to give the skiing a shot. It was snowing heavily with 4" or so of fresh powder at the reservoir. The other members of the group snowshoed up the trail to the reservoir- a much more direct route, whereas I ski'd up the road and probably double the distance. The first half of the trek I was following some other ski tracks. About halfway up, the tracks stopped and turned around so, from then on I was breaking trail. For about the last mile and a half there was about 12" of new powder, which made the trek pretty arduous, especially for my first time out this season. We didn't stay long at Silver Lake Flat as the wind was blowing there and we were getting cold from not moving. Skiing back down the road was slow going because of the fresh, deep snow and I was really working the upper body to propel myself. It was an awesome morning, we all had a blast and got in a great workout! http://www.strava.com/activities/99090980#Attachment 71064
