The view from Terry Peak Ski Area, looking out onto the South Dakota prairie.
The first few days of January have proved to be productive in regards to skiing. It didn’t take long to realized that my work to ski ratio has been a solid 1:1. Awesome! It hasn’t been this good in a long time.
Spin the wheel to choose a run! Terry Peak’s legendary wheel.
As the month has marched forward I’ve begun to make a concerted effort to keep that ratio intact. I’m shooting for an entire month of 1:1 work to ski. It’s a bit of a long shot but with the month almost halfway over I decided to go for it.
Sometimes a girl’s gotta change up her mode of travel. My attempt at becoming an randonee skier!
So how exactly does someone with a full-time job (like your’s truly) attempt to pull this off? If it was an ordinary month there’s no way I could do this but thanks to a few F$%&-It Friday’s (more on this soon!) and an upcoming ski vacation it’s going to be close. The difference will have to be made up with early morning dawn patrols. Want to follow the adventures more closely? You can come join the fun on my Instagram feed. And you can catch a final recap in early February right here.
Wish me luck!
~R