Day 31: Upper Stone Creek Chutes

After five days of being coped up in our ski hut, I was getting antsy and beginning to experience skier's withdraw.  It was only 5 days ago that I was diagnosed with mono and the doctor told me, "you shouldn't be doing any strenuous activity for 6-8 weeks, and definitely don't even think about skiing."  I jokingly asked her, "not even if the snows good?", knowing that there was no way in hell I was going to listen to her.  For my last day of skiing, I met my Dad in the late morning for one last hurrah at Beaver Creek.  I wasted no time worrying about my potentially swollen spleen & liv, and hit the trees and moguls with fresh legs.  The mountain air was refreshing and my body felt great, all symptoms were masked by adrenaline, dopamine, and whatever meds I decided to eat for breakfast that morning.  After a quick lunch break at our spot of choice, Red Tail Camp, Dad and I decided we were done messing around and headed to the double black 'extreme' terrain...

 And yes, it's actual labeled 'extreme', the Nordica freeride team filmed back there a week ago and Warren Miller films there on a yearly basis...it's gnarly.  As always, the snow was deep, cliffs were everywhere, trees somehow defied the gravity of the slope's pitch, and we were aggressive. 

Dad dropping in like he's 20

After a long afternoon of hard riding, we headed down to the bottom to be greeted by BC's famous apres-ski cookies and a cold beer or a glass of water in my case (I decided to follow the doctor's recommendation on alcohol).  It was a great day of skiing and more importantly the perfect topper on an epic trip.

Trip video to follow, still trying to wrap together some pics.

Day Stats

Mountain: Beaver Creek
Vertical Feet: 12,427

Lifts:8