Ski to Ski 2009- the most scenic venue that I have ever raced. This year it took a bit of work to make it to the 8km ski race that takes advantage of the heavy snowfall on Mt. Baker. At 10am on Saturday I finished my training ski at Mt. Bachelor, OR and before dinner I was previewing the course on Mt Baker, WA. Thanks to Jack Hart for the ride to the airport and Mom, Dad and Chad for picking me up in Bellingham. The 8km ski race is the first leg of the multi-sport race from the Volcano to Bellingham Bay. XC-Ski, Downhill Ski, Run, Road Bike, Canoe, Mountain Bike, Sea Kayak.pa onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/ShtouHqa8EI/AAAAAAAAAOs/X8tb-C4tma0/s1600-h/Ski2Sea09+013.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/ShtouHqa8EI/AAAAAAAAAOs/X8tb-C4tma0/s400/Ski2Sea09+013.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339976924718100546″ border=”0″ //a/p p align=”center”span style=”font-size:85%;”Previewing the Course: Chad, Mom, Brian, Dad/span/p p align=”center”span style=”font-size:85%;”img src=”http://www.xcskilife.com/images/KatieBarnesStart.JPG” width=”547″ height=”359″ /br / The race starts off with a blast from the avalanche gun/span/p p align=”center”span style=”font-size:85%;”img src=”http://www.xcskilife.com/images/P1010385.jpg” width=”437″ height=”768″ //spanbr /span style=”font-size:85%;” 1.5km to go/span/p p align=”left”span style=”font-size:85%;”Ski Leg
