Rafting the Deschutes

On our day off the U16s took on the Deschutes River starting in Maupin. It was an 11 mile, 2.5 hour float. It was super fun and a perfect day for it. When we drove into town it was 93 degrees! (Govy was about 70 degrees.)

If you go to the link below you can see our photos. It brings you to page 33 and the Burke rafting photos are on pages 23-46. We had three rafts.

http://imperial.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0FW7019N0A0032&po=32&pc=98

The photo numbers are: 3848-3870

Here's the crew ready to go:

Hood Day 4 - Core with Ève & Study Hall

After another good day of skiing, the afternoon was filled with a tough core workout led by Ève. Ève is here working with Kirk and the U16 girls, fresh off years with the Canadian National Team and World Cup racing. We are lucky to have her!

Partway through the workout after some groaning and moaning, one of the guys jokingly asked, "When does the real workout start?"

Side planks

Hamstring strength

"the sewing machine"

Partner exercises are always fun

"the nose breakers" (hamstrings crushers)

We have also been doing study hall each afternoon in the Hucks dining hall.

Finally, there's been lots of chill time outside. The weather has been so nice and I'm pretty sure these swings haven't stopped swinging. 

Mount Hood August 16, 2014

On a sunny, warm day Christin ran the boys through an agility and strength circuit. 

The warm up

Christin does the explaining

Matt runs the course

Andrew

Jack Beney

Jack Lorenze

Shamus tries again:

Hood Day 3 - Trillium Lake

The skiing was great again today. The athletes are focusing really well and we've been pleased with their progress after just three days on snow.

But on a hot day at Mt. Hood, a swim at Trillium Lake was the way to go! 

Kelsey, Tatum, Jennette, Maddy

 Out for a swim

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.