Sitting in the Hot Seat
Posted on Friday, January 23rd, 2009
After the first day of competition in Sochi, Russia, I am sitting in first position followed by Marja Person and Jamie Burge. The Freeride World Tour is trying to get off another run.
We loaded the lifts at 7 a.m. in anticipation of another day of competition, but due to high temps the guides decided it would be too dangerous to hold the competition. The competition is currently scheduled for Saturday.
And from January 21 …
The competition was postponed until Thursday due to the highly reactive snow. As we rode the chairlifts up to the top of the mountain we witnessed two natural slides. The crowns did not look large, mostly slough, but a lot of snow was moving everywhere. The blue sky provided great light for scouting and powder skiing. I spent most the day staring through binoculars looking for a winning line.
I will be skiing first for the women, but that also means 40 men will have skied before me. I am planning on skiing a line off a peak known as The Egg, unless the men have destroyed the face.
Cloudveil athlete Jess McMillan got First Place in the Mammoth stop on the Freeride World Tour and Second Overall in Freeride World Tour last season.
