Thanksgiving Camp on Snow!!

We arrived at Salmon Hill ski area in Redfield, New York yesterday in the midst of a Winter Wonderland. We were all smiles for our first on-snow ski of the season as we ironed out the kinks in our glide. The trails have a good thick blanket of lake effect snow, and we are making tracks on our race skis. It was a bit warm today and the classic skiing was tricky but doable this morning, and with colder temps forecasted for the rest of the week the skiing should only get better!
A two hour ski in the morning followed by lunch, homework, and a quick nap, is followed by another 1.5 hr ski in the late afternoon, hot showers, a hearty dinner, and movies til bedtime. Life is good!!
We are joined here on Tug Hill Plateau by the Middlebury and UVM teams, as well several other clubs who are excited to leave the highway rollers behind for the holiday break.
We are thankful for so many things.

Liz and Holly at the front porch of Salmon Hills Lodge. Even the snowman is psyched about the skiing.

Evan against a backdrop of nordic paradise.

The boys get cozy as they crowd around a laptop screening between ski sessions.

Atay closes out the day with 4 hours of snow time.

Kirsten and brother Dane from Middlebury share a moment outside the lodge at the end of their ski.

Sarah, a Candian first-year and former "piner" tests out the horizontal glide.


Fiona and Dmitri fill their bellies with all the stuffin's at Thanksgiving Dinner