Hood Day 2 - Skiing & Dryland

We had a beautiful day on the hill - sunny and quite warm. We salted the snow and it held up really well for us. It was also Isabel's birthday today and she obliged with a photo. 

This afternoon dryland training consisted of a short circuit combining upper body and hamstring strength with sprints and agilities. 

 group selfie with Ève

Day 1 Mt Hood

The Burkies are psyched to be back on snow!

 Snack Break - The Guys: (L to R) Connor, Jack L, Jack B, Ian, Shamus, Chris, Matt, Andrew

 Bri and Gigi

Maddy and Ava

While one always expects to see in mid-August a Mount Hood very different from the one we left in late June, the sheer amount of snow loss in six weeks never fails to amaze.  The lanes on which we skied in June were only starting to show some rocks.  Now, that same slope is nothing but massive rocks and trenches 10 feet or more deep.
Today was the first day on snow for the BMA U16 men and women.  Despite the great loss of snow since our last visit (which was expected) the snow that remains on the Palmer snow field is plentiful for this time of year, and the conditions were very good.  We had an excellent first day!  More pictures will follow, but for now here is the view of Mount Hood that greeted us this morning:

The day ended with fog, but the cloud cover throughout the morning kept the temperature down and the snow firm for a good part of the morning.

Term End Word Cloud

I took all of the text from the students' spring 2014 term ends and had Wordle make a word cloud.

Easy day

Kaitlin (Winter Term Senior '11, PG '12) was coming off a high volume week of training, so we decided to take an easy walk up Mount Washington via Huntington Ravine and Lion's Head.

Burkies Spotted!

Over the past two weeks Burke alums Mike Boardman '12, Sam Coffin '13, and Moriah Wilson '14 worked at the Stowe Dryland Ski Camp. I had the pleasure of working along side them and I couldn't have been more proud. They brought huge energy to the camp and were great leaders. Here are a few photos.

 Mike demonstrates a med ball throw

 Sam cheers on the campers with huge enthusiasm as they did box jumps.

Moriah demonstrates power.

 Mike represented the counselor's team in the annual whipped cream eating contest - and of course he was the champion!

And finally, Mike couldn't help himself - he got right into the middle of the camper dance party, sporting his sweet tuxedo t-shirt. :)

The new bibs are here!

With BMA scheduled to host NorAm finals again this year (women's GS and SL, March 20-23, please plan to help out!) we decided it was a good time to purchase some new bibs.  I was excited to see them when they arrived on Wednesday.  Here's a quick peek.