Not the most ideal day today. It dawned grey and overcast and remained as such the whole day. There is a suggestion of snow tomorrow, and perhaps today's conditions were a precursor to that. Lets hope so.
We hit the hill usual time 9am to find the snow a little harder than it was yesterday and the light very flat. Fairly uneventful day although any day in the mountains is worth a month in the city as they say. So we'll bank it.
The kids retired early but I got my second wind after lunch and skied on until 3.45pm. On the way home I paused at the top of a black run called Bail Out to survey the scene and plan my strategy for the descent. I noted that the slope appeared quite skied off and slick, so care would be necessary.
As I stood there a Latino couple shot past. The woman in particular looked particularly wobbly and sure enough half way down she fell, lost a ski and slid 50m further down the slope. I skied down, picked up the ski and returned it to her. I'd just finished helping her put her ski back on when an elderly gentleman came hurtling past on his back with skis in the air and poles flying. He came to rest at the bottom of the run a few metres from the husband of the Latino woman, who was looking decidedly sheepish having lead his spouse down such a difficult run.
I hiked up the slope about 10m to retrieve the man's poles and brought them to him. Luckily he was OK although a little shaken from his ordeal. The Latino lady thanked me saying I was her guardian angel, and her husband offered me a shot of tequila. I graciously declined and was on my way. As I departed the woman leaned over to her husband and enquired, "Who was that masked man."
We've decided to extend our stay in Telluride by one more day in the hope that we will get some snow over the weekend. I'm keen although the downside is we'll miss the Superbowl because we'll be driving to Aspen on Sunday when it's on.
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