Sunday, March 04, 2012

Tennessee Pass Cookhouse

February was busy, with Bill and Cathy coming through on the way to Phoenix, and finishing up our Avalanche Technician I training and testing.

When Cathy and Bill were here we took a few days and went up to Leadville to ski, and also snowshoe into the Tennessee Pass Cookhouse, which is in a yurt in the Chicago Ridge area behind Vail/Copper Mountain.

We had a great sunset and elk dinner before snowshoeing back out.

Bill and I got a couple of days of skiing in, at Monarch we had a boot deep powder day that was exceptional, especially since this has not been a great snow year here in Colorado.

Marlys and I got our written Avalanche Technical tests out of the way just before they arrived and yesterday completed our field practicals. We should be getting our certificates shortly. This is a year when we may need to put those skills to the test.

In about 10 days we are off to Phoenix, and then back to cram for our SARTECH II (Search and Rescue Technician) tests the beginning of April in the Springs.

Looks like another busy month in the offing.