CSU Jackson Ski Camp

Once again the CSU Juniors had a fabulous ski camp up at Jackson. With a number of skiers in the ski house and a good many more staying with their families, on the Tuesday morning tour of the East Pasture Loop we had 30 people between juniors and parents and coaches! Five days of glorious sunshine and excellent grooming by the Jackson Ski Touring center made for fantastic skiing on all the trails and good weather for afternoon drills and interval workouts. To top it off, the same wax job (Toko Viola with Multiviola mixed in) worked for multiple workouts, reducing the time spent on waxing to a bare minimum. However, all good things come to an end and on the last morning with 8 inches of fresh, wet snow at 32F waxing finally became a challenge and we had skis with little to no kick to those sporting huge clumps of snow and our tour of the Ellis River trail was slow and short. Well, you can't have great klister conditions all the time!

The group managed to fit in several long, easy workouts followed by lunch and a nap and then technique work in the afternoon with some video review and one interval workout on The Wave. Everyone worked hard and had a good time!