Friday, December 12, 2008

Ski tour reward

So the other morning we woke up to quite a lovely surprise, a delicious frosting covering everything outside! As I had finished my finals just the day before, I thought it well suited to enjoy a mellow ski tour up to my favorite local forest, Coopers Rock.

The snow was a soft velvety powder that provided for excellent glide characteristics, I reckoned there was about 4 inches and in the open meadows, drifts up to 6 inches. I was all alone on the trails on this day, just me, the subtle ripple of the wind and nature's sugar. The trail was quite a meandering one, taking me up and down and all around- but maintaining a nice high altitude above 2,000 feet. I hope this will not be my last ski tour in WV for a while!

The tranquility of the landscape took me for a dream!

It was really nice to get out after such a tough week a slave to my course work, there is nothing better to reward oneself than with a laid-back ski tour (-:

P.S. If you are wondering where the pole is for my left hand, it is supporting the camera for this candid shot.

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