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MA-ZA-MA!

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It's been a few years since we visited Methow Valley (see post from 2016 here), and since the kids are way better at skiing now, we all have gear, and we love this area, we booked a non-refundable trip out to this ski heaven a few months back and then crossed our fingers for snow. Well, we didn't get snow but we DID get a super fun weekend hanging out in a neato, modern, container-style like cabin right on the trails and we all got some great practice runs in. Just in time too because the snow really wasn't great - bare patches were starting to show so I'm pretty sure this was the last weekend for skiing. They typically groom trails through April but not this year!

Anyway, here's some pics of our fun weekend. Methow Valley (where Mazama is located) is the largest cross-country trail system in the lower 48 with 120 miles of trails, and our rental was right on one of the loops so it was so easy to do a few loops and then come back in to rest. We're already thinking of next year's trip. Mazama books out a year in advance so we have to plan now!

Sunny days (40s), but icy cold (20s) at night.

Nora would ski in a tshirt if I let her.

Scott and I did some longer runs on our own.

The thaw-by-day-and-ice-at night routine makes for interesting patterns in the snow.

Freshly groomed tracks!

Rewarded with screen time in the evening

Nora reading her Dogman books

We went into Winthrop for lunch one day and had to take this classic photo.


View from Sun Mountain Lodge

The field outside our rental. You can see it way off in the distance.

I took this pic from our rental. The kids grabbed chairs so they can cheer on skiers who went by. That's the trail that we can ski-in-out of.


Kinsey's awesome drawing of our crew!

 

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