Day 18 - Thursday Jan 17 - KIDS Incorporated

Sometimes I dream about strange things. Last night could be one of the strangest things I could have ever dreamed about. There was a television show back in the late '80s called KIDS Incorporated. I would have been around 6 years old when it was on tv. For one reason or another, last night while I slumbered this show was vividly replayed in my head. I was so excited that I remembered something from 18 years ago that I probably didn't get enough sleep because I kept trying to remind myself about this whole thing. By the time 4:30 rolled around I was ready to wake up and tell everyone about it. Jer picked my up at 5:00 and we met CJ, Matt, Paul, and Tom at the mouth of Little Cottonwood shortly thereafter. After having gone to Wolverine Peak on Tuesday, I was jonesing to head up and ski the chutes in Wolverine. So we did. We arrived on the top just as it became light enough to ski. It was soooo cold that there was little time to stand and debate which chutes to ski. I have always been nervous to ski Tips and Tails. It is called Tips and Tails because it is so narrow that when you turn your tips and tails will hit the cliff bands to either side of you. It is also considerably steeper than most of the chutes in that area. I did it. It was a lot of fun. The snow was pretty heavy, but for chute skiing it worked just fine. CJ and Paul also skied Tips and Tails with me, while Matt, Jer, and Tom skied Granny's Chute to the East. We then made our way back up Granny's and were hoping for another line only to find that time was running low. So we began to make our way back to the car. We were able to get some really sweet lines on the North facing, tree protected stuff off the Patsy Marley ridgeline. The snow was really light and with a little help from the wind it was fairly untracked. We skied out the gulch and back to the car. Jer and I did arrive to class a little late, but it was worth it. I have been wanting to ski that chute for some time and I am glad I finally did it. Even now I am still singing the KIDS Incorporated song in my head. I really don't know where that came from, but it made for a great start of a great morning.