Another personal record?

If this may sound like bragging to you, so be it, I feel that at my age, I’m entitled to boast every now and then! 

On Thursday, I skied the Super Condor hill for about three and a half hours, did 25 laps non-stop and accumulated 46,023 feet (14,028 meters) of vertical. The typical spring snow was hard at first, but after one hour, it softened up before turning into slush, particularly near the bottom. 

That lift’s vertical drop is 1,780 feet (620 meters) and gets skiers to the top in less than 8 minutes. I skied each one of my 25 laps in less than 10 minutes. 

There were few skiers that day and only very good ones, so no line and there was the possibility of skiing very fast in relative safety. 

Many were carving in the mushy snow which, besides digging huge rails on the slope, and contributing to the mushy conditions, wasn’t the fastest way to handle the snow. Instead, it was better to edge softly in a shallow carve and let the skis slide fully. 

That was fun, there were many fast skiers on the hill, but no one passed the 76 year old grandpa...