Birthday Outing - Mt. Timp

On my birthday Evie and I went cross country skiing at the Nordic Center at Sundance Resort, which is just above the downhill area at the base of Mt. Timpanogos in Provo Canyon. Being really old now, I got to ski for free. Evie still has to pay. Here are some pictures:

These days most folks are into "skating" or "freestyle" skiing on a groomed track. Evie and I are among the last of the old school "classic" style.  While we were there a class was just starting (looked like it might include BYU students, as they seemed about that age). The class was on the "skating" style and the subject for that day was going uphill. Ironically, the location of the class was about the highest point on the runs and coming down we passed a number of students struggling up the trail to join the class. I suspect that by the time they made it up to the class they had probably already figured out the uphill technique.

I brought my old "backcountry" nordic skis, because I like the fit of my boots and sometimes the rentals make my feet sore. They're probably a little overkill these for nicely groomed trails, but it was a lot of fun anyway.

However, since with these skis I could, I took off for awhile across the "untrammeled" country just for fun (although it was probably against some rule):

Here's a link to more than you'll ever want to know about how I like to ski.The last of the leather booted, cable binding, wood ski, Nordic classic style snow adventurers