Today we had a perfect day at the glacier.
Last night temperatures fell below the freezing point in the mountains. So today the surface of the glacier was hard ans solid. Around noon the uppermost surface had softened a little bit, to make perfect skiing conditions.
Weather was nice, and no wind.
In the picture you can see the kids playground with the big jumps in the foreground and snowy mountains and other glaciers in the background. In fact, the landscape is entirely shaped by glacier through thousands and millions of years.
Most glaciers are not suited for skiing, due to dangerous crevasses. The glacier we're skiing on is special in that sense; it has almost no crevasses, just a few small ones in the upper part. The crevasses are less than a feet wide and only 10 feet deep, so they are no risk for the skiing.
Now we're back on the camping down in the valley. We have two cabins, with a total of eight beds. Little boy and I, and another ski-dad stay in one cabin. Six teenage boys sleeps in the other, in the most incredible mess. There are piles of cloths, helmets, back-protection plates, goggles and ski boots. In a mysterious way they are able to dig up the right stuff every morning before we drive up to the glacier.
We make the cooking very simple; there are two items on the dinner menu. If weather is bad, we eat pizza. If weather is good, we BBQ outside the cabin. Today, like yesterday, we BBQ'ed >:)
I assume you do your own barbecuing? I had to smile at the image of the teenagers in the messy room and not having a problem with it. Very typical of teens!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you're skiing. Oldest Daughter told me that she heard it snows somewhere every day in Colorado. We've decided we don't believe it. I bet your boys are awesome...good knowing there are people all over the world who really care about their kids.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're having a great day!
Yes, we did our own BBQ, Helen. I let the kids make their own food; makes it easy and relaxing for me >:)
ReplyDeleteI bet your daughter is right, Anita. You have more than fifty 14'ers in Colorado, if I remember correctly, and several glaciers, in the Longs Peak area, and in the RoMo Nat Park.
My favorite place to ski in Colorado was Arapahoe Basin. They claimed to stay open till 4th July. Don't know if they ever do, but we have been skiing there in May at least >:)