Snow Pixies at White Grass

I had the pleasure of my first solid weekend of backcountry skiing this weekend. I headed straight up to Round Top and then on To Bald Knob. This panorama was taken in the beautiful glades behind Bald Knob along the trail called Beech Lick. I was the first person to ski through in a few days, so most of the trails were covered with untracked snow. There is nothing quite so spiritual as gliding silently like a ghost through the woods with nary a sound besides the friction of ski on snow. I stopped in this spot and took this 3 frame panorama.

Earlier in the day, I visited the shelter at Sawmill Flats. There was a generous supply of Granola Bars (otherwise known as 'John Denvers') as well as a nice little wood stove. After a break, I set the camera up on the stove, set the timer and shot a "portrait of the Pixie as a young Skier." It was one of those pictures where you look a little bit like the super-hero that you are in your dreams. I guess the picture reflects my mental state at the moment. I was in the only place in the world I wanted to be doing exactly what I wanted to be doing. Life doesn't have enough of these moments, so if the picture looks like I am about to "leap a tall building in a single bound," you will have to forgive me. I felt on top of the world.

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