Show us the winter photos you have taken.....

Technically I didn't take these but they were taken of me...

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I was quite bedraggled with wet snow in this picture

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February 11, 2019 at Dodge Ridge Ski Resort after an especially deep dump of dry light powder snow allowing especially deep tracks. Shot with my tiny Canon ELPH190 digital camera. Have been doing so for decades and am very good at bouncing down making fall line SS turns like a happy rabbit.

On fresh snow days for the last decade, for increased floatation, this 66 inch tall 135 pound old guy has been skiing on 2012 Rossignol 173mm S7 (109mm at waist). Bouncing down, untracked fresh snow slopes, powder skiing, can arguably be the most exhilaratingly, amazing visceral sensual experience imaginable for a lively Earth monkey. Skis become an extension of one''s body feeling senses for sensing the snow environment, like whiskers on a cat or surfboard under a surfer. And that feeling of moving through dust like, cold frozen snow crystals, is beyond verbal communication to effectively describe to those without the actual experience.

At the creature mental end it is sort of like being on something between a kid bouncing on a big soft bed and bouncing on a trampoline, but at the same time moving downward as skis/boots/skier momentum is in forward gravity sliding motion that a skier varies on the beat of turns. The experienced powder skier learns to synchronize their turning rate to an optimal resonance of the balanced center of flexed ski system against elasticity of the snow beneath skis.
But most of the time, this is where my ski passions lie as these tracks show:
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February 11, 2019 at Dodge Ridge Ski Resort after an especially deep dump of dry light powder snow allowing especially deep tracks. Shot with my tiny Canon ELPH190 digital camera. Have been doing so for decades and am very good at bouncing down making fall line SS turns like a happy rabbit.

On fresh snow days for the last decade, for increased floatation, this 66 inch tall 135 pound old guy has been skiing on 2012 Rossignol 173mm S7 (109mm at waist). Bouncing down, untracked fresh snow slopes, powder skiing, can arguably be the most exhilaratingly, amazing visceral sensual experience imaginable for a lively Earth monkey. Skis become an extension of one''s body feeling senses for sensing the snow environment, like whiskers on a cat or surfboard under a surfer. And that feeling of moving through dust like, cold frozen snow crystals, is beyond verbal communication to effectively describe to those without the actual experience.

At the creature mental end it is sort of like being on something between a kid bouncing on a big soft bed and bouncing on a trampoline, but at the same time moving downward as skis/boots/skier momentum is in forward gravity sliding motion that a skier varies on the beat of turns. The experienced powder skier learns to synchronize their turning rate to an optimal resonance of the balanced center of flexed ski system against elasticity of the snow beneath skis.
But most of the time, this is where my ski passions lie as these tracks show:
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I used to ski at Dodge Ridge back in the 70's. Then my folks got a house in Bear Valley in the 80's so I did my skiing there instead.
 
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I used to ski at Dodge Ridge back in the 70's. Then my folks got a house in Bear Valley in the 80's so I did my skiing there instead.
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Since I've passed the 75 year old "Golden Age" threshold, the last couple years have gotten a Dodge Ridge free season pass. I most ski at Heavenly and a bit less so at Kirkwood, given an Epic Tahoe Local Senior season pass. But after larger storms with low snow levels, travelling highways via SR88 or US50 is often blocked due to avalanche conditions, and if so, I'll drive the shorter highway to Dodge Ridge via SR108.
 
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