The rest of the trip notes...

I posted details from my BC trip over at the Diva Ski Tips blog - it gets substantially more traffic.  At least go look at the extra pictures. 

Whitewater and Red Resort

White Grizzly Cat Skiing

Photo: Brad Karafil

If in doubt, make a snow angel.

Playing on snow: December by the Numbers

Ski season started later than it was supposed to.  But I put 9 days on snow this month.  Unlikely that I'll get back on snow before the new year, so that's probably the final count.

So far I've:

• Led 4 new instructors through learning how to teach (in the freezing rain!) and hired all 4
• Skied in EPIC southern PA powder while reminding 6 old instructors how to do their jobs
• Understudied an awesome clinician up at Hunter with 12 PSIA'ers from Virginia, PA, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut
• Studied indoors during 1 of the nastiest, rainiest days at Liberty in a while
• Taught back to back to back clinics (3), squeezing 2 quarters of the Steelers kicking the Ravens all over the place (!)
• Worked a bunch of hours in lab when not many others were there
• Taught 0 members of the skiing public
• Tubed on man-made snow 8 times on Christmas day.  In the drizzle. 6 with spins.

What I haven't done:

• Skied in Vermont.
• Blogged much.  Only a few here.  1 Diva Ski Tips entry.
• Been ready for Christmas early.  Yes, I was wrapping all gifts on Christmas Eve.
• Lost weight.  Enormous amount of candy is killing that.
• Gained weight.  Not sure how this works.
• 0 Miles.  Haven't been on any of my bikes since Reston.  Intend to start base miles on the trainer later this week.  Or next.

Divas blog about skiing...

Woohoo.  The DivaSkiTips blog is up.  It's been up, but I finally feel justified announcing it since I finally finished a post for it.  Put together by a few divas, it's meant for the ski instructor who's bored at work, studying for an exam, or (as we all are, I hope) a perpetual learner.  We all learn by doing, and part of that for the divas is writing about it.  So there ya go.  Our tech tips, teaching strategies, even a few exam hints.  So head on over and check out what I think about how you should set your goals for ski season.  Funny enough, it feels a bit like how I set my own goals for 'cross and skiing this fall.