I went to the Upper Arb tonight to do an hour's ski in advance of this weekend's race. It was surprisingly hard (I can feel my shoulders and triceps aching already) and surpassingly beautiful, for exactly the same reason - an inch or two of fresh, dry snow. It felt like I was running in sand at about 45 minutes, but god, every tree branch was shrouded in powder, the fresh deer and rabbit tracks were perfectly formed shapes in the snow, every sound was muffled exactly right... A perfect night.
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