Steamboat Day 2

Today was the day for mass-start classic skiing. Results are at www.fourcornerstiming.com in case you're interested.

Etienne was feeling a little under the weather, but that didn't stop him from leading the field out of the start.

50 meters later.  Etienne still leading it...

Mario

Toomas getting refreshments from Sara

Luca

Toomas

Calvin Von Deuling

The women's start.  Mack in the mix.

Hanna

Skippy

Pati

Mack in the refreshment zone

Skippy hoping for a drink

Mackenzie. Second lap.

In the afternoon, I went up to the hill to catch a little GS.  Here's Maria Gudmundsdottir.

Queso

Chuck .

Chuck.  Seventh place today.

Catherine

Giant Slalom

We raced this morning. Skating. Individual start. Mackenzie was sixth.  Her best race so far this year. She continues to improve as the season progresses. I was tasked with taking video for technique analysis, so I didn't really get a chance to take any pictures.  But I did take one picture.  Here it is:

It's Etienne, looking bushed after a day in the tracks.

In the afternoon, the alpiners were racing their second run of giant slalom at Mt. Werner.  I went over and checked it out.

Maria

Charley

Chuck (again)  She was 12th today

Bella

Cat

Hughey

Sean.  He was fifth today.  Or fourth.  Or seventh... I wasn't really clear about what Sean was trying to tell me.  "...Fourth in NCAA qualifying... but fifth in college... but seventh overall."  You figure it out.

Curtis

Tony

Cedric

Bucky

Martins

Annamal and Sparky after a long day in plastic shoes

Back in Nordicland, it was all about waxing skis for tomorrow's mass-start classic races.

Night Slalom

Today we prepared for tomorrow's University of Colorado RMISA races to be held here in Steamboat Springs.

Looks like we should have enough snow for a race.

Sara, Pati, Andrew

In the evening, we watched the slalom race.  Maria was fourth, Hughey seventh and Sean eighth. Our best alpine results so far this year, and an inspiration for us make our own improvements on the Nordic side.

The Nordic cheering squad. (That guy in blue is not part of the UAA Ski Team)

Cedric on course

For race results, check out http://www.fourcornerstiming.com/ 

Champagne Powder

Today we went skiing at Rabbit Ears Pass (9,500 feet) to further acclimatize ourselves to high altitude conditions. We found plenty of snow up there.

UAA Nordic Team Steamboat Headquarters

The team looked like a bunch of snow scientists, measuring snow depth.

Here's how Andrew does it.

Andrew

Von Deuling

Von Deuling again

Team dinner at team HQ

Sara and Andrew waxing skis in the pink garage