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| Pano from the Snowflake Lodge. |
Last week, I participated in the Uphill/Downhill Dash at Diamond Peak. It worked out well as it started at 7 am, and we were done by 9. So I could get back to the family by 10 am. The part that didn't work out so well was when I took the wrong turn and ended up back at the base of the mountain instead of mid-mountain. That error cost me some prizes, as I came in 4th, and would have definitely come in 3rd, if not fighting for 1st. Alas... I think all the prizes were Diamond Peak related (i.e. season pass, then a few tickets, and some food coupons). Anyway, it was really fun. And they hooked you up with breakfast of anything on the menu at Snowflake Lodge, which covered the 10$ entry free IMO. I hope I get to do a few more of these in the near future. It's really the only time you push yourself so hard skinning. And the only time I really feel the altitude in Tahoe. So the three races like this I know of are:
- This race...
- Billy Dutton Uphill @ Squaw - I hear this one is awesome too
- Bear Valley Adventure Race - which I participated in a few years ago. I'd love to do that again.
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| I think this lodge is the best part about Diamond Peak. Look at the view... and happy hour from 2 pm on. Then a drunken ski down to your car. That sounds fun. |
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| At the start. It was an anything goes race. And the guy that came in 1st ran up in his spiked Solomon shoes. I passed him before I made the wrong turn... |
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| Big Blue! |
Here's the track:
http://app.strava.com/activities/118717062
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