this winter is turning out to be the endless winter…this morning, perched like a Snow Grouse above the cornice drop in over Boundary Bowl at Wolf Creek ready to tele through 16″ of fresh in-my-face perfect powder through the Wolf’s famed glades on the Continental Divide…on October 8th, i was 9th chair to start the ski season at Wolf Creek…over 80 skier days later, i scored 7th chair to close my lift-assisted season (maybe!) this morning.
i’m getting ahead of myself however…
see when i woke up this morning in Durango, my front yard looked like this..which meant
in my language…
“It’s NUKIN’ at Wolf Creek!…get in the car, ilg!!! and GO!!!”
so, i of course, did…skiing is pretty much, ilg’s sadhana…
and as Bala and i etched our way up Wolf Creek Pass…
i saw and reMembered with many Go(o)d friends along my beloved pass…
the things, the adventures…the mis-adventures that i’ve been Blessed to survive in this high country
when i lived here? let’s just say, my already overworked Guardian Angels did an incredible job
of keeping ilg in manifest form…
if you have yet to ski Wolf Creek?
do it next season…cause there really is no more grounded yet heavenly place to ski…
even in this drought year? Wolf posted 400″ of the most perfect, dry champagne powder imaginable…
the view from 7th chair…only the ski patrol came before me…this is the quintessential essence of glade skiing; Alberta Face…
Wolf Creek = Glades…baby…glades…
a boarder contemplates life before dropping into the double-diamond Montezuma Bowl…
this terrain is hike-in only
the drop-in to Boundary Bowl…i followed the Ski Patrol in order to get first tracks down this
avalanche-prone nirvana of face-shots…
looking up Montezuma Bowl just before i left for the day…
my last lift-assisted ski day of this splendid ski season has riveted more
precious Gratitude for my life than ever before…things change when you become a dad…
especially at 50 years old…
yet on days like today when it’s time for a final farewell to the OM-sounds from chairlifts
servicing such puja as these sacred snows?
it’s all Go(o)d baby…
it’s all God…
get out and do…
the Bardo comes quicker than we think…
and what a precious Plane(t)
we have to immerse within…
May your Practices be strong and sincere this week….
These teachings are the "Rasas" or "sap" of Wholistic Fitness. You’ll find insights to ponder, student chi to keep your own chi topped off, and plenty of proven training techniques to test on your own body, mind, and spirit! Also, you’ll find my very popular Race Reports, and news of our Sangha’s (community’s) latest transpersonal fitness adventures!
Coach
Nirvana for sure! Thanks for sharing your happiness!