Swish, swish, zoom, shiver

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:24 pm

Cross-country skiing on Togwotee Pass, where the Wind River Range meets the Absarokas.

Tom
p.s. afterward, we drove on down into Jackson and stayed in a hotel with an outdoor hottub. Heaven.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:14 pm

Pretty! Cold...but pretty!

When I was growing up in Eastern Washington with snow up to my...er...never mind, we'd finish up a day like this with a big pot of chili. Outdoor hottub sounds even better!

Redwolf

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:15 am

Looks beautiful.

Reminds me of a winter break at Center Parcs, when snow was sliding off the dome into the outdoor swimmingpool while we were in it.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:46 am

Are those wooden skis I see? With 3 pin bindings? Don't tell me you wax, man!

Really nice pics.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:53 am

Beautiful...

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:19 am

Simply gorgeous! I always love to see pictures of snow...when it's other people's snow, anyway

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:22 am

We haven't had good snow yet and I haven't seen anything that purty.

He probably bought the skis new when they first came out.

jlunt · Post by **jlunt** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:29 am

Beautiful views like that are the main thing I miss now that I'm in the warm, flat south. And snowmen.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:42 am

The title of the thread makes me want to sing...

"Once an Austrian went yodeling
On a mountain so high..."

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:53 pm

brewerpaul wrote:Are those wooden skis I see? With 3 pin bindings? Don't tell me you wax, man!

Really nice pics.

Yes, yes, yes, and thanks!

T

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:58 pm

mutepointe wrote: He probably bought the skis new when they first came out.

Hey, now, I'm not that old!

The Mrs. got them at a local ski swap. They are extremely outdated--the kids at the golf course ski circles around me (and that has nothing to do with my skills!!!

).

I keep them because:
1. they're cool for being made out of wood (I like wood)
2. they're cool for being made in Norway (I've never been to Norway, but I rather suspect I like it too)
3. They're cool because they're old. I like old fashioned things.
4. They cost $10 for both pairs. (I like cheap things, especially when they are also wooden, old fashioned, and from Norway

)

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:59 pm

jlunt wrote:Beautiful views like that are the main thing I miss now that I'm in the warm, flat south. And snowmen.

Too cold lately to build snowmen. Nice powdery fluffy stuff--doesn't stick together worth crud.

Here's another one.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:46 pm

Beautiful.

More so because it's there and not here. (although I've taken the week off work so I wouldn't have to drive in it immediately, but it's predicted for tomorrow

)

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:33 am

WyoBadger wrote:

OK, this is making me dizzy. Think "flatlander" and explain how this happened.

You weren't on the edge of something, were you? There was, like, a lot of cropping on this photo, wasn't there????

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:14 am

No cropping.

I took it from the edge of the trees. Below the edge of the picture, there's a big, open bowl maybe half a mile to a mile across, ending at the base of that mountain in the background. Nothing too scary, although some of the slopes are fairly steep and the wind was wicked, nasty, and evil!

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