After the weekend's racing, Brian and I got a chance to show off some of the trails we grew up on to our fellow SuperTour athletes and friends. This morning a group of about twenty met at the Winthrop Barn and carpooled to the Cub Creek trailhead where we all ventured forth on a trip over the Rendezvous. The snow was rather wet but very well groomed (per usual) and we made good time up to the pass. We made a detour on to Cougar Mountain Loop (yes, THAT Cougar Mountain!) and to the overlook where folks got a taste of where we live. The mountains swathed in fog provided a fitting visual snack before we continued down the other side, then up Fawn Hill, THEN up Sick Joke, and finally descending into Mazama.
What with the incredibly organized and executed SuperTour and the post-weekend 30K point-to-point ski over the mountains, I'd like to think our friends left knowing why Brian and I always talk proudly of where we grew up.
If only someone had brought a camera...