Snowy Days :)

Beautiful skiing! (Graham)

Hi everyone! 

Erin Waters ’19 here representing the senior class of two. Matt Young ‘19 and I have survived the last three years and are looking forward to our final season!  This fall has been wonderful; we have seen this team grow and change so much, and it is so exciting to get to know all of the first years.  What a great group!!

We have been back from ski camp at Forêt Montmorency for over a week now, and everyone seems to be slowly recovering.  We were able to put some great training hours on many kilometers of beautiful corduroy.  During our breaks in between workouts we would all pile into the lodge, and everyone would scramble to find a seat and get as close to the fire as possible. Lucy Hochschartner ‘20 would even make a little nest on the floor claiming that was the only way she could fall asleep.

Jackie convinced Tim to order a cosmopolitan at St. Patty's (Graham photo)

Jordi... it's unclear (Lauchie photo)

Back at the house, filled to the brim with all 20 of us, we rested and recovered from the many hours.  The house was definitely not designed for all the abuse from hungry and tired skiers. We ravaged all the food in the kitchen, and the thin walls meant that we had to tiptoe around after curfew. When someone spilled water on the second floor, it percolated through the floor boards onto the kitchen table below.  Ben Carnahan ‘21 also managed to break the top bunk by just lying in bed.  Honestly, it is amazing everyone survived.

Speedy Brian (Lauchie photo)

Who is scarier? (GH photo)

Ian in the pow (Lauchie photo)

Lucy & Graham #twinning (Kyle photo)

Graham and Kyle - creepy elves

With great pictures and sore legs we made it back to school after a very long ride home and devoured the eight pizzas Etown ordered for us. We took the next few days off and used the following week to let our bodies absorb the 20+ hours of training.  Last week we were still able to get on some great snow at both Higely Flow and Mt. Van Hoevenberg, where we were able to do intervals on Ladies 5k.  On Sunday we all hoped the snow wouldn't melt too much, and although Canton lost quite a bit, we still got on snow at Star Lake this week!

Signing off,

Erin Waters ‘19