Skiing in the Sierras
This is a great post from my friend Robert http://blog.robertpayne.net/2007/02/25/skiing-in-the-sierras/
Archive for the 'Winter Sports' Category
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Monday, February 26th, 2007
Tele baby
Wow - it’s been a while since my last post. Tele girl is back — and now with almost 7-month old tele baby!
Over a week ago, on Saturday 2/17 my hubby and I decided to try backcountry skiing with Cielo for the first time. We had a blast! She loved the big girl backpack and we enjoyed the chance to get some tele turns in. We checked out the Meadows and the snow was better than we expected. This winter had been so slow… with little snow… but now that seems to have changed!
Are we ready daddy?
I’m having so much fun that I can just fall asleep while you guys ski
I like it when we take breaks - yay!
So you are wondering about this weekend, since it snowed non-stop. Well, we decided to go to the gym instead – not for lack of desire but trying to wait for the sunny powder days so Cielo can learn to love this — instead of wondering "why do you make me do this?" So hopefully you’ll see and hear more of us in the next couple of months.
Bring it on!
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Konnichi wa from Japan
Konnichi wa from Japan,
Well as you read in the last blog I’m in Japan and it has been amazing. I love this place because the scenery is amazing, the sushi is great, the course is really difficult and the crowds are large. The only thing that hasn’t been great this week is the weather. It has been all over the place, snowing, raining, foggy, beautiful sunshine, slush, ice, even a few inches of powder. Yesterday the competition ran smoothly with the American team doing well. I was the second American female finisher at 7th, with my teammate Michelle finishing 2nd. As for the men, an American Nathan Roberts was 1st and another American Jay was 2nd. As for today for the duals competition, 17 men were able to finish there run before the fog rolled in and shut it down until 4:00pm at which time they were able to finish the men. As for the women our training started at 4:45 and went until 5:15 then unfortunately the sun went down and they ended up cancelling the event. I’m super bummed because the course was perfect but it probably would have been a little difficult to see considering there are no lights and the sunset was really pretty. Anyway, just going to have to save it for next week. We leave here tomorrow and are heading straight to Apex, Canada- so I will keep you posted.
Thanks again Reno/Tahoe for all of your support!!!!!
Will write soon.
Shelly
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
Update from World Cup Tour
Hello Reno,
Hope everyone is having a great winter! I have been busy traveling on the World Cup tour and so far it has been going really well. Two weeks ago we were in Mt. Gabriel, Canada, where we skied in pouring rain for a week. Although, I honestly wasn’t complaining because usually it is negative 30 below this time of year and I will take warm rain over freezing cold any day. Anyway, there I skied a great first run and then made a huge mistake in finals to finish 10th. Then last week we were in Deer Valley where the first day I came back from 15th to finish 7th which I was proud of considering it was such a difficult course and I had some really hard crashes during training. And finally the last event was the night event in Deer Valley where we skied under the lights in freezing cold temperature with an amazing crowd- I attached a picture.- it was pretty cool. All of Deer Valley will be televised on NBC on Jan. 20th if you want to check it out.
As for what’s next, Lake Placid was supposed to be this next week but it has been canceled due to lack of snow and it looks like the following competition in Europe is going to be canceled for the same reason. So I’m looking forward to skiing Tahoe for at least the next week or two- whoohoo! Hope to see you on the hill and thanks everyone for supporting skiing!
Shelly Robertson
US Freestyle Ski Team
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Ready for a white Christmas?
Yay! We finally got our first storm in Reno and our daughter got to see her first snow flakes ever! It was so exciting — she couldn’t stop smiling. She had her big mouth open trying to eat the snow flakes – in case you didn’t know, everything revolves around the mouth in a 5-month-old baby!
Here’s a picture of us hiking in Galena Forest, can you believe this is just a few min from our house? This place is like heaven, I just can’t get enough of it.
On another note, our Christmas won’t be a white one this year - we are leaving to Argentina tomorrow to spend the Holidays with my family. So enjoy the slopes for me — and have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Video Of The Day: Snowboarder Wipeout at Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe
Here is a funny video of a beginner snowboarder who discovers the least of his problems is the low battery on his camcorder!
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
Video Of The Day: Lake Tahoe Ski Trip
This video makes me itch for winter.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
Winter skiing in April
Every weekend I tell my hubby “this is the last weekend of skiing for us” because I am 100% convinced that it’ll warm up during the following week and the snow will be too hard for me and the belly… But it keeps snowing!
So this was another backcountry weekend, and we had to take advantage of it! How can you resist all that powder?? You simply can’t! We went to the Tahoe Meadows on Saturday and couldn’t believe how awesome the snow was. Sunday we skinned up at the bend on the road on Mt Rose Highway and went up pass Mt Rose ski resort, while it never stopped snowing. The snow was getting to be a bit more slush/mash but still soft enough for a pregnant woman.
Here’s me deciding if I should turn or not — the snow is getting heavier
Losing my balance due to baby weight (or at least that sounds like a good excuse!)
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
BEST SNOW IN YEARS!
It seems like the snow just keeps getting better. With new powder coming nearly every couple of days, we headed back to Galena Creek Park, located south of Reno via the Mt. Rose Highway, for some sledding.
The snow-covered hills are packed with great white stuff, which makes it ideal for the kids to toss down a sled and let gravity do the rest.
We hiked a bit into the park and found an awesome spot that boasted lots of snow, a good incline, a previously-smoothed area for sledding, and no other people. My 18-year-old son, Hank, went first. He ran down the hill, jumped on his stomach, and began his slide. He skimmed across the slick surface like a puck on an ice hockey rink.
After a lengthy ride, he slammed into a pile of soft snow and collapsed in a laughing heap, the sled shooting off to the side.
After watching him, my 11-year-old daughter couldn’t wait for her turn. Julia climbed up the hill to a spot even higher than where my son had started. After taking a short running start, she followed his lead by jumping onto the snow on her stomach, lifting up her legs, and then taking the ride of her life down the hillside.
As she floated across the ice, her hat slid down over her eyes, but that didn’t keep her from continuing. Since she weighs less than my son, her ride was a little slower but lots longer. In the end, she slammed into the snow pile at the end of the run, flipped over, came up laughing, and was ready for more.
And on it went. I think we’re going to have to consider buying another sled since the only time they stopped sledding was when they argued about who should have the next ride. It took me about two hours to finally get them off the hill. And I had to promise them we’d head back later in the week.—-Richard Moreno
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Bluebird day in the Sierras
Saturday was stormy and windy so we decided to work on taxes and work out at the gym — while Sunday was a true bluebird day and we took advantage of it!
We left the house around 1:30pm and got to the Mt Rose Wilderness area shortly after that. To our surprise, we found awesome powder –yes! although it was so warm, there was still powder from the storm the day before. Some areas were a bit crusty due to the high winds the day before, but for the most part — if you stayed in the trees you got good powder! Spring skiing with powder in late March is just an amazing combo.
Here’s my six-month pregnant belly, enjoying the warm spring day:
