Warm days like today are a luxury. How wonderful to pull off a mitten to adjust a binding and not have to calculate how long it would be before my fingers would turn blue and fall off. On the chairlift, I actually removed BOTH mittens to so that I could snap a few photos with the little point-and-shoot camera I had in the pocket of my coat. I ran into an old friend and recognized her right away, because her face was uncovered.
All over the mountain, I could see the affect of the sunny weather. Icicles hung from the roof of the ski lodge. Kids threw snowballs at each other. People with bare faces smiled at each other and called to friends.. Groups stood around talking and joking, instead of just skiing or boarding down the mountain as fast they could. On warm days, skiing and snowboarding become social sports.
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It was sixty degrees here today and I was chilly.
I can't imagine being that cold.
we have winter syndrome here where you recognize people all winter by their jackets and hats and then in the spring there is a period where you don't recognize anyone at all because they aren't wearing their jackets.
A few years back, while skiing on a bitterly cold day in New Hampshire (during a winter of frost heaves), I was forced to spend $26 (as a grad student) on some high-tech mittens that were way too big for me, unless I wanted to just hide out in the lodge for the rest of the day.
The upside--the mittens are still too big. So I wear gloves under them. This worked quite well on what passes for a bitterly cold day skiing now, and really helps with the camera.
It's been bitter here this winter, especially cold. I look for people by their coats/hats, too.
great shot, looks a little like a starburst exploding
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