The first ski of the year is always very exciting. Typically the conditions are not optimal, but that usually doesn’t matter – skiing on any kind of snow at this time is fun.
This morning I went out with a few of my XC Ottawa teammates and we were more than pleasantly surprised – not only was there plenty of snow – but the groomer had been by and set classic and skate tracks!
Conditions were quite good – a dry snow on a hard packed base. . . and good enough to do intervals – 3 times 3 minutes on (Zone 4-5), with 5 minutes rest. Possibly the best first tracks conditions ever!
Here are some pictures. . .
Katie and Liza toward top of “neverending” hill. We used this for intervals. Liza and I were skate skiing and conditions on this hill were pretty good.
