As full time ski racers we spend eleven months a year in organized training and racing. The month of April is typically considered a break from this routine. A chance to engage in more unstructured activities, to give especially the mind a brief chance to relax before launching back into a new year. For the MOD Squad, April is chance to hit the backcountry slopes for some great North Cascades ski touring. On Saturday Erik, Scott and I ventured up and over Delancey Ridge and into Leap Creek to find powder. It was a beautiful day in the mountains and a great tour!br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/SdpEKV8J-ZI/AAAAAAAAACI/8P4wP616nZI/s1600-h/Delancey_April09_10.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/SdpEKV8J-ZI/AAAAAAAAACI/8P4wP616nZI/s320/Delancey_April09_10.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321640854170499474″ border=”0″ //aSkinning up the back side of Delancey Ridge, with the Needles peaks in the backgroundbr /br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/SdpEKSJ2eXI/AAAAAAAAACA/BbiBp9SAsSs/s1600-h/Delancey_April09_5.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/SdpEKSJ2eXI/AAAAAAAAACA/BbiBp9SAsSs/s320/Delancey_April09_5.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321640853154199922″ border=”0″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/SdpEKCgCCfI/AAAAAAAAAB4/eBq40kgBvyU/s1600-h/Delancey_April09_3.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mg2hQbkHkNs/SdpEKCgCCfI/AAAAAAAAAB4/eBq40kgBvyU/s320/Delancey_April09_3.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321640848952265202″ border=”0″ //aPreparing to drop into Delancey, checking out the views of Silver Star peak and the Cascade range as it extends past the Methow Valleydiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2910103639238326543-3652968478612908333?l=methowolympicdevelopment.blogspot.com’//div
