Day 63 - Pico

Out for 45 minutes at 3:15 just to keep the feel for the GS skis before tomorrow's Master's Race at Stratton; clear and cold, 5° with a very light breeze; skied the Atomic D2 Race GS #2's; went down on Gold Rush when I stepped out of my right ski - great way to start my ski day!

Day 57 - Pico

ASRA GS - three runs back-to-back-to-back from about half way down B-Slope, best two counted;   Run 1: 32.94 (20)   Run 2: 33.27 (20)   Total: 66.21 (20)    On the hill from 8:30 until 11:30; mostly sunny with temps rising into the low thirties; skied the Atomic D2 Race GS #1 and #2's; feeling better skiing in the gates, but my times don't seem to be improving; first chair to the summit this morning for an unobstructed run down a well groomed and untracked Pike on my GS skis - nice!

Day 42 - Pico

After 3 days of rain there's not a stitch of snow around - without snowmaking Pico would have < 1% snow coverage; out for a couple of hours in the afternoon; overcast with temps in the teens; Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's.

Day 95 - Pico

Pico closes Sunday, so I did a few runs over there this afternoon before the mountain closes; 9 runs from 2:30 until 4:00; 35° and heavy overcast; skied the Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups.

Day 52 - Pico

ASRA GS again today; 32°, overcast and very windy; skied the Atomic D2 Race GS #1's; today's race was back-to-back runs on the same course; screwed up the bottom on run 2 again today; finished 6th in class M6, 14th men's overall, and 16th overall including the women...

POS	RACER NAME	CLUB	BIB	1ST RUN	2ND RUN	TOTAL	HANDICAP
16	BURNS, MARTIN A	KSC	726	51.81 (24)	50.68 (16)	1:42.49	12.16

Day 51 - Pico

ASRA GS; Upper twenties, overcast and windy; Skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheaters in Run 1 - big mistake, the course was more or less straight; Changed to the Atomic D2 Race GS #1's for Run 2; I nearly got bounced out of the course near the bottom of Run 2 and ended up way off line; finished 3rd in class M6, 18th men's overall, and 24th overall including the women.

POS	RACER NAME	CLUB	BIB	1ST RUN	2ND RUN	TOTAL	HANDICAP
24	MARTIN A. BURNS	KSC	726	47.31 (32)	47.12 (20)	1:34.43	13.71

Day 41 - Killington/Pico

First real Pow Day of the year; 6" of new snow overnight; skied the Volkl Katana's; started at Killington at 8:00; parked at Snowdon; very windy, so the Snowdon Quad was the only lift running; first chair did Great Bear, then Highline; BIG line after my second run, so I got in the car and headed to Pico; on the way down the Access Road, the traffic coming up was bumper to bumper the whole way without a single break! Pico was way less crowded; the Summit Quad was closed due to wind, so I did Expressway twice, then hiked and did Wrangler, then went in for coffee; came back out and did a couple more and went home; nice day.