Saturday, January 10th, 2009, we all braved the last of our cold snap and enjoyed Hatcher's Pass near Palmer, AK at about -5F. Thank goodness for warming fires and hot chocolate! They had some amazing groomed sledding runs where the only ways to stop ware to fall out of the sled or veer wildly off course. The girls are practicing the former in this picture.
Also as part of "Winter Trails Day," REI had snowshoes available to try. The kids had a great time snowshoing up the mountain, then sliding down on nothing but their nylon snowpants. Great Fun!!
I've been doing a bit of winter biking this year, so when I discovered that they were having a downhill slalom bike race (aptly called the Moose Slide Slalom), I figured "why not" what's the worst that could happen?? It really was a fantastic event, filled with bicycle acrobatics and more than a few "headplants." As the course eroded from a finely groomed run into mostly just a hill of sugar the difficulty level went up considerably. The highlight was not my resounding 10th place finish (out of 14), but rather watching one racer negotiate the course on a unicycle. Check out
http://groups.google.com/group/valleytrails/web/mountain-bike-downhill-snow-slalom?hl=en for past and present photos and articles. Only in Alaska!!
Saturday, January 10th, 2009, we all braved the last of our cold snap and enjoyed Hatcher's Pass near Palmer, AK at about -5F. Thank goodness for warming fires and hot chocolate! They had some amazing groomed sledding runs where the only ways to stop ware to fall out of the sled or veer wildly off course. The girls are practicing the former in this picture.
Also as part of "Winter Trails Day," REI had snowshoes available to try. The kids had a great time snowshoing up the mountain, then sliding down on nothing but their nylon snowpants. Great Fun!!
I've been doing a bit of winter biking this year, so when I discovered that they were having a downhill slalom bike race (aptly called the Moose Slide Slalom), I figured "why not" what's the worst that could happen?? It really was a fantastic event, filled with bicycle acrobatics and more than a few "headplants." As the course eroded from a finely groomed run into mostly just a hill of sugar the difficulty level went up considerably. The highlight was not my resounding 10th place finish (out of 14), but rather watching one racer negotiate the course on a unicycle. Check out http://groups.google.com/group/valleytrails/web/mountain-bike-downhill-snow-slalom?hl=en for past and present photos and articles. Only in Alaska!!
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