I spent last week with my Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Club teammates up on Eagle Glacier near Girdwood, AK. APU is fortunate enough to have access to Eagle Glacier so we get to hone our o- snow skills throughout the summer. This week it was truly still winter up there with fresh snow falling almost everyday and hardwax conditions for our first three days.

The small object on the horizon is Casey grooming ski trails in the Piston Bully.

I love being on the glacier, it changes constantly. I realize that I might be waxing a little too poetic but it's like a symphony of white. The clouds dance around, swoop and swirl. The light changes throughout the day and you can look out across the glacier and see the cloud shadows (the echoes, if you will) spread out on the snow. Beautiful. I think I spent the entire time this week I was out skiing thinking to myself that if I could be anywhere in the world right now I'd be right here skiing on Eagle Glacier. It's reassuring to think that out of all the things I could be doing right now what I most desire is what I'm actually pursuing.

Brent Knight keeping his snow-feel intact in preparation for our first races in November.