The rookies did surprisingly well. By the end of the week they were all starting to feel a lot more comfortable. I was a bit nervous riding with 3 people I had never ridden with before, especially people that had never been in the mountains. It all worked out just fine. They did do there fare share of logging, but I have to give them credit, as the snow conditions were not the best to be learning how to sidehill and carve for the first time. The nice thing about the snow was we could climb just about anything out there. The 2000 ft climbs in the Shoot Creek area were an absolute riot!! Seemed like the hill was just never ending. The thing I really like about this area is you could climb to the top of a ridge, see where you just came from, and see where you are going next. Lots of obvious landmarks to help you get your bearings. All you have to do is get up high and take a look around. Of course thats all good in theory until some weather moves in-LOL.
