As promised, the sun has been beating down on us since we got to Truckee late Friday night, the snow is deep, and the trails are perfectly groomed. The only problem is that we can't ski very hard or very long the first couple days out here while the low-landers acclimatize to the increased UVs and decreased oxygen intake. The hardest part of the trip for me so far has been the drive up Donner Pass to the Auburn Ski Club while looking out at the barely touched powder and epic lines that I won't have time to ski while we are here. Fortunately its possible to hop off of the edge of the nordic trails at almost any point on the race course to ski some powder down to a lower part of the course.
Tomorrow morning is the skate sprint race which will most of the athlete's first chance to prove that the altitude isn't going to slow the East down this year. The course is a quick 0.9k course that leaves the stadium, flows down and up over one roller and then down again around a sharp curve before one last steep climb into the finish. The internet is pretty unreliable here, but I'll be taking pictures and posting them as soon as we're back from the venue. Stay tuned.
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Good luck, Burke Mountain skiers! We're cheering from up here in Alaska.
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