Went up to Crystal today with Eric S. The snow wasn’t fresh but we had a good time anyway. The weather was strange – the sky was totally overcast, but the clouds floated above the level of the mountains, so you could see clearly across ridge after ridge. The light was even but not bright so it was unusually easy to see the volume of space and peak – the ridges didn’t just foreshorten down on themselves like they usually do when it’s bright. It would have made a good picture if I’d brought a camera… but who brings a camera skiing?

I skied hard and took advantage of the wide-open slopes – fast, fast, fast, skis biting into the snow… Oh, it’s fun. I could go on but you know what I mean if you’ve tried it, and I don’t have the energy tonight to really dig in and explain what it’s all about if you haven’t. I just feel tired in that really good way, my knees are sore, my cheeks are still warm, and I’ll sleep well tonight.