Bend is just as I remembered it, warm, sunny, dry, and about eighteen feet of snow up at the base of Bachelor.  I am getting in good training out here.  In the morning we ski for a couple hours up at the trails, and in the afternoon we run, rollerski, do strength, and sometimes swim!  Bend has grown a lot since the last time I was here, I can understand why, it has to be one of a handful of places where a person can ski in the morning and get in eighteen holes in the afternoon.  This morning Pat Weaver and I took a break from the trails and skied to the base of Broken Top mt.  We skied through about two inches of new dry snow on the way up with hard flat crust underneath.  On Sunday the plan is to do a long OD crust cruise around the mountain. 

Chris Cook and I are staying at the house of Dave Smullin.  He has been a very gracious host, thanks Dave!

Rollerski testing and the Weave

The days are nice out here

Mt. Bachelor from the parking lot, this day was the last day of alpine skiing for the winter.  We missed the naked run, the last run of the day.

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