Ski Valley Area On Mt. Lemmon, the southern-most skiing in North America (45 min from where we live in Tucson — Images by kenne
Skiing Poem
Wind rushing past my face,
Hair tossing behind my head.
The feeling, the chill, the utter thrill
The feeling I get when I’m flying down the hill,
Gliding across the soft blanket of white,
Weightless as if I were a feather.
Turn by turn, slope by slope, I take on the hill,
The monster of a mountain.
Moguls, jumps I challenge them all,
Wind rushing past my face,
Chilling me to my bones.
I feel the thrill swell, swell
Swell within me until I can’t hold it back.
Swoosh, swish, the snow billows up beside me
Into great clouds of white.
I can’t see a thing.
O the feeling, the thrill the utter chill,
The feeling I get when I’m skiing.
– Anne Cox – Age 11 When Written
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Panoramic Views of The Santa Catalina Mountains, December 31, 2012 — Images by kenne
Over night we received .6 inches of rain and Mount Lemmon another 10 inches of snow. The clouds block the mountain peaks above 5,000 feet, but the cooler temperatures brought snow down to the 3,500 foot level — my favorite way to see snow from the desert below. Last night’s rain brought the total rain fall for the year to 11.6 inches, a little below normal.
Tomorrow the Catalina Highway is expected to be open, as will as Ski Valley, which are normally closed on Tuesdays — wish my legs could take to the slopes.
— kenne
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Ski Valley, Mt. Lemmon, July, 2011 — Images by kenne
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Image Source: Arizona Daily Star
Other than a couple of weeks in January, there has been no skiing on Mount Lemmon this winter. Last year, skiing began on Dec. 26 and the last skiing day was April 11. There is, however, a 100% chance of snow tomorrow morning, so there will be people dancing on the mountain — “Skiing is a dance, and the mountain always leads.”
kenne
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