Powder Skiing with Tyler Barret

Yesterday was without doubt the best day of powder skiing I have had all season, and at least part of that is due to the fact I was skiing with Tyler. I met Tyler at the beginning of the season when we auditioned for the ski school at Snowmass, and he has been my best skiing partner of the season.

Tyler is from Jersey via New Hampshire, and is simultaneously trying to become a professional musician and skier. He's pretty damn good at both. He will always tell you what's on his mind, most often loudly and rudely, tells really long stories, has to be dragged out of bed in the morning to ski(or work), rarely shaves, and is really fun to ski with. We have had some amazing powder days together, shared knowing looks while trying to teach unruly classes, and hucked some decent airs. If only he would get a hold of an AT setup.

Today was everything that the weathermen predicted - deep. Certainly the most snow that has fallen in a day all season, and the full parking lot at Highlands confirmed our fears that everyone else was taking a powder day also. It was so deep that I really couldn't be bothered to stop and take pictures, oh well. We never managed the Bowl like planned, but skied epic laps on the Temerity lift all morning waiting for the bombing to end. Eventually we decided to head to the lower mountain, where we found chute after chute of almost completely untracked powder. And ski it we did, until I literally couldn't stand on my feet. Man, I love skiing.