Ahhhhh the Grand Teton
Sophie and I are at Targhee for a freeride competition. She skis with the Alta Freeride Division AFD, and part of that group is the comp team. The comp team has traveled to other resorts for events and this weekend Sophie and Mackenzie decided to step it up and try a competition. So Sophie, Mac and her dad Lane and I are on a ski weekend roadtrip.
What is freeride? Well it is not racing but just being proficient on all areas of the ski hill..... and especially on the ungroomed slopes with little rock formations to launch off of. Here is a video, certainly if these kids had a helicopter I am sure they would look like this..... but they try to do the same kinda thing at the resort. So, for this competition they ride to the top of a lift and then hike up further on the hill to an area that is pretty steep and has lots of terrain features. When they ski, they are judged on style, speed but I am not sure if they are timed, control, and using the terrain features. They basically just have to ski like rock stars down a gnarly pitch.
This is the first glance at the course
We arrived Thursday night and Friday morning was check in and then the girls skied with their coach to inspect their lines. I skied with Lane and another Alta dad Tek. The weather was warm and pure sun in the afternoon. We did some boot hikes in the afternoon and the clouds broke away for a spectacular view of the Grand Teton.
Unfortunately Sophie didn't feel well by the end of the day and felt feverish. Tylenol and early to bed and hopefully she will wake up ready to ski hard...... at least for one run.
