Here's a link if you feel so inclined: Team Weasel Alpine Chronicle
Maybe it's more that I wanted a fresh start. I feel like I'm no longer a beginner in this endeavor, and perhaps this blog will be more about a forlorn but constant quest for mastery of ski mountaineering and freeriding. And of course, some thinly veiled gear porn.
So...on to the beginning of the 2018 season in Oz.
It's great to see some significant snowfalls so far this season. It's been tempered with some horrendous breakable crust in the BC, but that's started to change.
Somewhere out back of Mt Hotham
Due to weather and snow conditions, I've only done relatively small BC outings - Bogong, Razorback, Hotham surrounds and McKay so far. The snow fell, but clear skies left us with ice at best, and breakable crust more often than not. There was the odd fluffy drift around, but with such high winds it seemed to just push it deeper down the gullies.
I've also done some resort skiing, which is all about putting in the labour needed to improve / rectify my shortcomings as a skier.
Lunch break at the bottom of Eskdale Gully
I'll be getting out and about as much as I can, especially up to Feathertop. The only problem at the moment is from illness - I've managed to cop a tooth with an abscess, and so may have to surrender a couple of weeks to recovery...but with some poor weather about, it's maybe not a bad time to be out of action.
Doing some jump turn practise (shown above) was fun - I realised that I have developed a weaker side. Turning to the left resulted in hilarious backseat landings and shooting across the slope until I got more time back in the saddle.
Familiar territory - Razorback boot and track
Oh, and I've acquired these. Will be skiing them next weekend after the brakes arrive:
Skied the boots a fair bit already - should review them too!
The Snow Monkey
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