Warming up after a long winter...

Finally it's nice and warm... 40 degrees. This has been a brutal winter, and although Boston got more snow than we did (not that we didn't get enough here...), we sure got cold. Several days of -20 degrees Fahrenheit or more.

Got snowshoes from Ben as part of my Christmas presents. Used them on February 2nd to go urban snowshoeing (basically just walking outside my front door and around my neighborhood). While we were snowshoeing, saw several cars spin out, and we walked over and offered our assistance, but she didn't take it.  :-(

My roommate and I went urban snowshoeing around our neighborhood.

Some days were too cold to go skiing. But we still went, when we could. So far for the season (I hesitate to call it over, but I am frankly a bit weary of cold weather and snow), I have racked up a vertical of 125,622.6 ft and about 141.4 miles. Not too bad, considering I can't make it out as often as I'd like. Did have some ski trips - one to Sugarloaf, Maine, and another to Salt Lake City, Utah. Sugarloaf is really far away, so we stopped over in Boston for the night. But I have to say, I really enjoyed the resort. If it weren't so far away, I would definitely like to explore it more.

We took a trip to Salt Lake City earlier this month. Kind of crazy to see the West without their usual snowfall, while having some great conditions in the East. However, the trip was still a lot of fun, and I really appreciated having 40 degree temps while skiing, as opposed to the -25 with windchill while at Sugarloaf just a few weeks earlier.

Nice warm spring day at Park City Mountain Resort. 

Got 17 runs in that day at PCMR, which is pretty good for me.

Top of the Strawberry Express Gondola at Snowbasin - great views and awesome runs. Hit my personal record of 45.4 mph from one of these runs.

In non-winter sports news, I've been trying to start rock climbing more often again. Been learning to do more overhang ones, and getting better at hanging with my arms straight, so I don't get them all tired out. So making some progress on fitness, I think. My arms are still sore from climbing yesterday.

Food-wise, haven't been religiously taking photos of food like I used to. However, we did make a delicious triple-berry pie for Pi Day (Ed's birthday). It was really good. I like it even more than apple pie.

Might have overdone the egg wash, but the purple berry mix pops out from beneath the Greek letter pi.

Continuing the MyFitnessPal tracking, trying to make sure Kevin keeps up as well. I feel that it does help me control my portions (aka, make me feel guilty when I eat too much or eat crappy food). 

That's all I really have for the first three months of this year. I hope that warms up even more, and then I hope to do some cycling, hiking, and maybe even venture outside for some climbing!