The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth

When you hop out of the helicopter and the snow is up to your stomach, you know it’s going to be a good run. Even the guides were happy and excited by the snow today. So were the guys in the “million vertical feet” club who have been coming here for years.

I was never able to stop and take video, but this is a photo of my knees and thankfully my fat skis are above the snow. Even with super light powder, a few feet of it is heavy on top of a ski.

I wish all my ski buddies could have experienced this with me (you know who you are) but thankfully my “tree ski buddies” were great at watching out for each other.

…. I’m told tomorrow might be better.

Phoebe, the dog at the Gothics lodge has been watching a ferret in the wood pile long enough to have snow build up on her.

We now have about 18 inches of fresh snow, but are waiting as the guides and helicopter pilot find safe landing and skiing spots for the day.

We had a great first day of helicopter skiing, even though I called it quit early because my toes we’re frozen. I think I had the best run of my life today in the powder with soft short drops to keep it interesting. That was only on run number two!

If you know it, then you know I also dragged the dogs up the hill too.

Or is at least about to get some rain.

Notice the fresh stroopwafel in the background having warm Carmel applied. Mmmm it was good.

Notice the fresh stroopwafel in the background having warm Carmel applied. Mmmm it was good.

To try to get over jet lag, we went for a walk after I landed today. We saw a few interesting things on this cloudy day.

Busby and Piper are often too much to handle, but they sure do love playing together.

This is an example of one of our satellites at Planet.com.