The cold weather makes for slow skiing, even with green or polar wax. I laid out a little Biathlon course with 1.5" black center targets--as you look through the rear peep sight, the target size is designed to fill the circular front sight of a .22 target rifle at 50 feet:
I don't mind skiing a little slowly while carrying an 8 and 1/2 pound rifle slung over my shoulders:
Skiing a bit slow makes for better breath control and better offhand shooting (though it's a bit chilly for the ungloved trigger hand!):
MollyTheDog waits patiently behind the firing line:
We've also had unusually strong winds this winter (the air in the Butte area is usually remarkably still). It makes for lovely cornices on the lee side of west-facing slopes (the deep drift to the right of the tree):
And beautiful beach-like sculpted patterns on the snow:
While skiing or hiking over snow I watch for tracks, whether the usual squirrel, snowshoe hare, fox, etc or the graceful wings of a hawk etched in the snow where the bird of prey stooped to take a hapless mouse:
The Moulton: Montana's finest classic cross country ski trails, and just 15 minutes from Butte America.
5 comments:
i know what you mean about the ungloved trigger hand, and i am only using my camera!!
i love the wind and hawk patterns in the snow!
and now i have another question for you - what is the trigger for bucks to lose their antlers in winter? is it like permanent teeth which cause the baby tooth roots to dissolve and fall out?
thank you!!!
I like that second-to-last photo - it really does look much like the beach.
That is just too cold. I love the snow photos with the blue shadows and the wind tracks. The dog looks like she is having fun. Does she ever get stuck?
A lovely post and sunken dog.
Definitely a little chilly for ungloved hands. MTD seems perfectly comfortable lying down in the snow, but she's wearing a nice fur coat...
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