2/11/12 snow!

King Winter has poked his nose in at Homestake Lodge. 5" of new snow yesterday and today. We are very happy to receive it. This weekend will have some great skiing.

2/2/2012, Powderhound Pics

2/1/2012

We had a very successful Powderhound Winter triathlon this year. We hosted the USAT National Championship which served as a qualifier for the World Championships in Finland in March.

We had a great turnout and racers loved the courses. The weather was in the 40's and sunny. Not so nice for snow conditions but pretty nice conditions for racing. Rebecca Dussault from Gunnison, CO won the overall women's race. Mike Wolfe from Helena, MT won the men's race. The race was a 5k run followed by a 10k mountain bike, finishing with a 5k skate ski.

We have had a very busy winter season so far. Chris has taken on the business side of things full time, and I have taken on the baby side of things full time. Despite strange winter conditions, our trails are holding up just fine and the lodge has been busy, busy, busy. The ski trails and lodge experience is beginning to turn into just what we had hoped it would. 

Check out our recent articles in Ski Trax and Alaska Airlines magazines. 

We will try to post some pictures from our junior ski program and the Powderhound Winter Triathlon.

Pictures of trails

Here are a couple of pics of what the skiing is like at Homestake Lodge. The first is on Busy Beavers and the second pic is on Sirsum Deorsum. They aren't the best shots due to the early AM light, but they give you a pretty good idea of what the skiing is like.

Lars Skiing, 01/10/12

Lars went skiing for the second time a few days ago and loved it. He walked on his skis about 100 meters and loved zipping downhill between his Papa's legs. His skis are Madshus Sno-Pups and are 85cm's long. He handled the length just fine. The first time out was a couple of days earlier and he wasn't quite so gung-ho. On that outing he went about 15 meters and had enough. Mama suggested for the second outing that I wear my skis so he could see how it was done and that made all the difference.