Armchair skier
I'm now about two weeks post-muscle-tear and recovery is going slowly. I still have a lot of swelling, particularly around my ankle, and a dark solid bruise running along my foot and up my calf. I can limp around pretty well once I get going, but first thing in the morning or after sitting for long periods - that's still kind of tough. The doc had declared it a 4-6 week injury and it looks like that's what it will be despite my initial hope it was not really that serious.
In the mean time, conditions at Stevens Pass have been a little crazy. Yesterday, it was heavy snow and strong wind. Downed powerlines closed the pass in the morning, so the resort had a late opening. Today it's more heavy snow and wind; chains required on the pass.
I'm not a big fan of skiing in blizzard conditions, so I would have probably skipped going up this weekend anyway.
What's striking is the difference between the snow year here and the midwest and east. Steven's gotten 46" of new snow in the past 7 days, which is more than the total base at most east coast resorts.
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As for the weather.... it is freaky and I understand that the term "Freaky Friday" has been used to phrase the snowfall out that way.
Here.... we have been getting some rain. According to the news last night, if we turned the amount of rain we received in the last month into snow, we would have had about 4 feet of snow. Instead, we have gotten rain and 50 degree weather. I can hang with it being a former Sacramentan. In other words, you won't hear me complaining. LOL
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