Mary and Terry head up to the Sierra for the biggest snowstorm of the season.
Sugar Bowl, 2/9-11:
- Arrived safely at the cozy Sigar Bowl Inn
- Digging out the chairlift the next morning
- A warm breakfast at the inn
- Powder hounds line up early
- Bottomless powder takes its toll...
- But beer fixes everything
- Catching snowflakes at the mid-mountain lodge
- Going deep
- Happy to not be buried any more
- Only the hardy are out today
- Practically deserted powder slopes
- Strike a pose, there's nothing to it
- The effects of powder overdose
- Terry brings the miracle drug
- Imprisoned by the white
Northstar, 2/12:
- Just happy to be here
- Smiles on the chair
- More of the same
- Cuting up the freshies in the trees
- Deep snow and sunshine
- Mary refines her tree skiing
- Kenny's an old hat at tree skiing
- Are we having fun?
- Throwing up some white smoke
- Late afternoon, and we're still making fresh tracks
Alpine Meadows, 2/13-15:
- Dinner at the River Ranch
- Terry's date for the evening
- Early risers at Alpine Meadows
- View of Alpine and Wolverine Bowls
- Terry ruining a perfectly good landscape, Sherwood Chair
- A decent view of the lake
- Pretty, but daunting
- The rocky and treacherous Palisades
- Skiable, but just barely
- Terry brings the wine, deck of The Chalet
- Dermatone keeps those lips kissing soft
- Mary's a happy Chalet-goer
- Blue sky, white snow, fast skier
- ANIMATED: Mary drops into Wolverine Bowl
- Um, Terry, this is kinda' steep
- A hottie in the making
- Sleepy in the afternoon
- Mary at the cross
- A picture postcard day
- Another view of the crowds
- Expert youngster helping novice
- Under the cliffs of Our Father
- Another late afternoon crowded slope
- At the Donner Memorial site, near Truckee
Sugar Bowl, 2/17:
- Mary and Fernando
- Top of Mt. Lincoln, Fernando and Terry
- Picking through trees that should be buried by now
- Hiking on alpine gear at Roller Pass, with Pacific Crest in the background
- Our private run down Sugar Bowl
- Fernando finds space between the trees, Mt. Disney.
- Hiking through the clouds atop Mt. Lincoln
