Jackrabbit Johannsen

If you get a chance, there's a really cool article (pg 42) in the January 2007 issue of Ski Magazine about a skier named Jackrabbit Johannsen. Born in Norway in 1875, he was around long enough to see the evolution of of skiing during the last 100 years.

More Snow

Although, the west is getting plenty of snow

and will most likely have a white Christmas

--here on the east coast --

we're going to get rain.

A friend

A friend of mine is going snowboarding in Whistler. I'm so jealous!



Girls rule!

Moosing Around

The Cobra's moosing around at Snowbasin in Utah.

If you ever get a chance Snowbasin is a four season resort with 104 great trails and excellent culinary delights in a lavish lodge

after a hard day of skiing.

www.snowbasin.com.

Founding Members

Viper and Diamondback are the founding members

of the White Cobra Ski Group.
One by one members were added and then we adopted the name after a funny incident while skiing on Mont Tremblant in Canada.

Takin' the Chill Off...

After a long day of skiing in mountains in Utah,

the Cobras take the chill off in an outdoor hot tub.

Thanks, George.

Fun Stuff

When planning a ski trip with either family or friends, always include one non-skiing day. The Cobra's usually have a spa day mid week or in the past we've gone dog sledding, or horseback riding. The break from skiing refreshes you to ski the rest of the week and the excursions give a different dimension to the trip. We talk as much about the excursions as we do the actual skiing.

Snow Gremlins

When you're going down the slope in perfect form and all of a sudden lose your balance and wipe out -Blame the snow gremlins.

When you're standing in line doing nothing and suddenly fall over - Blame the snow gremlins.

When you make the wrong turn and end up on the opposite side of the mountain - Blame the snow gremlins.

When you're heading toward a wicked jump and chicken out at the last minute - Blame the snow gremlins.

When you lose an glove, trail map or chap stick along the way - Blame the snow gremlins.

Snow gremlins, just like Yetis have never been seen by humans or proven to really exist, but that doesn't mean you cannot not blame them!

Here's a picture of the White Cobra's Ski Group

sporting our matching WCSGs ski vests.

Soon, we'll all be skiing together again

in Waterville Valley, NH

A Bit Chilly

Brrr...It's a bit chilly out there! I hope it warms up to positive temps soon!!! Very soon!!!

The World's Greatest Ski Resorts

Breckenridge

In the mailbox was a mailer stuffed full of what they call the World's Greatest Ski Resorts (at least in the western United States).

The list goes as follows: BIG SKY, Montana, WHISTLERBLACKCOMB, Canada, KEYSTONE, Colorado, COPPER, Colorado, ALTA, Utah, BRIGHTON, Utah, SNOWBIRD, Utah, SOLITUDE, Utah, SUN VALLEY, Idaho, TELLURIDE, STEAMBOAT, Colorado, JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, ASPEN/SNOWMASS, BRECKENRIDGE, SKEENA MOUNTAINS, British Columbia, MT. BACHELOR, PARK CITY, Utah, TAMARACK, Idaho, BIG MONTAIN, Montana.

The Cobra's have been to 5 of those locations. It's amazing how many ski resorts there are and this is only a small list of them.

License Plates

PRA4SNO

LUVS2SKI

SKI4LIFE

GONSKING

Olympic Torch

A couple of Cobra's posing with the an Olympic Torch in Utah!

Buffalo Snow

Buffalo, NY got lake affect snow that dumped two feet on them.
Although snow is good for skiing it can be not so good for other things.

The trees still had leaves on them which caused more of the big branches to come crashing down from the weight of the snow. This took out power lines, blocked roads and caused a lot of damage.

Buffalo said they are used to dealing with the snow, just not so much so early in the season.

Snow in the midwest

According the national weather service, there's going to be SNOW in the mid-west overnight. It's winter in October.

It's time for a warm fire, hot cocoa, a comfortable well loved sweater and fuzzy socks. Time to dig in for winter and read that stack of books. Only when we're not on the slopes that is.

Some White Cobra Pictures

Which black diamond trail should we take....hmmm.

Our rule, we can always take our skis off, and walk down if we have to.

To see more pictures of the White Cobras,

click on the link below:

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeq8b1c/whitecobraskigroup/

More ski videos

Links will take you to YouTube.com to watch the videos. Both are cool with good music!

Blue Mountain -vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCt9LYm96SI

Snow boarding vid at Bear Creek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSY_AlXPqQ

2007 Destination

Well it's decided. We're going to New Hampshire for our 2007 Ladies ski trip. we're planning on central hotel location and then skiing at different resorts each day, such a Waterville Valley, Loon, and maybe even Sunday River in Maine, which is just over the state border.

The Spa at Hotel Hershey was a great success. We even surprized one of our members with a Red Hat Society birthday party at lunch. She got the red hat and red feather boa and the rest of us wore pink hats and boas and lots of red hat gifts. We all enjoyed our treatments, hanging out and catching up with each other.

Freshies

How many days til ski season?

Do I smell freshies in the air? I guess not, it's too soon yet! I would love to be cutting fresh tracks like this skier. Diamondback - Where's the half pipe? Where's Viper, is she out out dogsledding again?

Extreme Skiing Video

Ski Freerider Part 1 - No this is not any member of our ski group. This is just a really cool vid of extreme skiing. Enjoy!

The link will take you to YouTube.com:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfoOPY5VhZo

Official Homepage

If you want to visit the official Homepage of the White Cobra Ski Group here's the link:

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeq8b1c/whitecobraskigroup/

This site is just an addition to our official homepage, where WCSG members can blog. Please visit the homepage to learn more about our group, then come here often (especially during ski season) to see what we are up to.

Where Shall We Go in 2007?

Where shall we go for our annual Ladies ski trip in 2007? I've heard that Loon in New Hampshire is our destination. Or at the very least, it will be somewhere on the east coast. Maybe Maine, Vermont, etc.

We are meeting at the Hotel Hershey spa to finallize our plans. We're each getting a treatment, then lunch to discuss our destination and to have a birthday party for one of our members. After lunch we'll just hang out and enjoy the rest of what the spa has to offer. I can't wait. I get to see my ski buddies and I'm getting a Cocoa massage.