I recently picked up a new toy I have been wanting since we moved out here. REI was having a sweet sale and well, I broke down. So I am the proud owner of a new Voile Splitboard. In case you don't know what this brilliant snow toy is it is a snowboard that breaks in half to form two "skiis". The idea being that you use the ski mode to get into the back country and once you work your way to the top you put it together into a snowboard for the ride back down.
So Ross and I headed up into the mountains this past Sunday to play in the snow. We went to Kendal Peak which is an area I have been to many times so I knew that route finding would not be an issue. We got out to the mountain about 10am and started up. I realized pretty quickly that I need to do this a bit more since I found some muscles I was not sure I had. We worked our way in, stopped for a quick lunch break, and then headed up to the top. We explored around a little trying to figure out how we were going to drop down to the road. We eventually picked a path and made a few great turns back down to the road. Well, I did take us on one little adventure through the forest but I had to throw in a twist, it could not be sooooo easy... I need to do some adjustments to the board but overall I am psyched with how things worked.
Hoping to get back out this Saturday to give it another go. Fingers crossed the snow conditions hold up.
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