Another day of fun in the sun, and the wigggle scene continues to rule in my world. The people who are still stoked on skiing are really stoked, and the little jib lines, and worker's wiggle laps, and trips to the base for the halfpipe never get tiresome. I haven't taken my pack to the village in a while, and couldn't be farther from bored (in addition to the fact that the outs from most slackcountry trips are now dirt). The wiggle is pretty much my, and many other people's, favorite thing to do right now, as I keep repeating. My friend Danny proclaimed he did 17 wiggles one day- I am so impresssed-I haven't made a commitment like that yet. But I could: The trenches are so deep, and you get so high up in the birms, that when you drop into the next turn, and your spray from the last turn is still coming down on your head...it is ridiculous fun. People line sides and watch, and sometimes you get 5 or 6 people stacked in it at once which is so amusing to see from the lift. Amusing as long as they are good skiers, that is, otherwise it is a little scary to watch. I really just wish it was few turns longer, or even the whole bowl length, and then things could be even more exciting.
Also ruling the spring scene is the ten sleep roller. This is clearly the time of year when one or two good hits makes an entire run very worth it, espcially when you can get a whole run that is mud-free. Everyone collects up under Corbet's for this roller, lining up their in-run and launching as big as they can, and as long as you clear the flat it is smooth like butter. Unless, of course, you launch too big like some of my friends- it is a pretty hard flat landing. I'm going to aviod this problem I am sure, but you should aim for the most NE facing ramp if you want to really launch it, in case you need to know. Since the park is so slow, the roller is just way better-much colder snow makes things alot more exciting. Besides, the higher up you stay the more removed from the mud you are, so you can keep pretending it is sort of winter...
(P.S. the fortune cookie show is awesome)
Skier: me: wiggle all day long
Photo: Andy Wilke