There is no perfect place. Some locations come closer than others, yet all the areas of “ski country” I have seen have certain locales which, on certain days, are near perfection. At Proctor Academy in Andover, NH there is Elbow Pond, a small glacier carved lake where one can paddle a kayak early in the morning fog and see the top of Ragged Mountain in the sun. Lake Placid has the trails at Mt Van Hovenberg that wind through tall, old sugar maples and are often dusted with that 2 inches of fluffy snow that is squeezed out of cold air. Crested Butte, Colorado, has those crystaline days when it is -15F, no wind and everything sparkling. In Carbondale, Colorado, there is the early morning scent of cottonwoods by the roaring fork river where I remember looking down at dusty running shoes having just raced my buddy on the “Tick Ridge” run. Many of you know the feeling on the trails in Hayward, Wisconsin when the Birkie course has just been groomed and you are the first ones out for miles of corduroy in the northern hardwood forest. Don’t forget the shimmering hills and blue shadows south of Ketchum, Idaho at sunrise after 6 inches of new snow in February.br / br /A few of us have been able to experience a moment or two here in Oregon this spring. This was a May day in the Three Sisters Wilderness with some of the Bend WebTeam and friends. The pictures are worth the proverbial 1000 words.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/brokentop.group2-789162.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/brokentop.group2-789160.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” //abr /br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/brokentop.group-753436.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/brokentop.group-753434.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” //abr /br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/cyn+dag@brokentop-722044.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/cyn+dag@brokentop-722041.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” //abr /br /br /WebTeam member Win Goodbody of Portland, Oregon writes:br /br /May in Oregon was some of the best crust skiing I have ever seen – for fourbr /weeks straight. Here’s a few pics from fun in the Crater Lake neighborhood.br /br /Enjoy!br /br /Winbr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/win@crater-749762.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/win@crater-749759.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” //abr /br /br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/sunrise@crater-723413.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/sunrise@crater-723410.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” //abr /br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/crater.lake1-730103.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/crater.lake1-730100.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” //abr /br /I await your record of recent adventures to share with posterity ;-)br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/crust@mazama-769064.jpg”img style=”float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;” src=”http://www.webskis.com/uploaded_images/crust@mazama-769061.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” //abr /br /Have a good one,br /br /Bertdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6589659500745667109-6627143880581381801?l=www.webskis.com%2Fwebskisblog.html’ alt=” //div
