Once we settled into our bunk beds and got a good (but short due to the time consuming trip up) sleep it was time to get down to business and go ski! We started off the first day with some easy distance, skating in the morning and then slathering on the klister for the afternoon's classic ski. I love klister.



So I'd ski along and then stop and take pictures. Good thing I have so many hot teammates willing to model for me! This particular model is Anders Haugen.



I skied up to Don & Aaron, two of the junior boys, just standing on the side of the trail and it was clear enough to see the mountains behind them so I stopped to take their picture. I was in no hurry so I was talking to them as I got my camera out and they pointed out that they weren't actually stopped for my picture taking benefit, they had stopped to pee and were waiting for me to ski past. So they may be smiling in the picture but they're actually probably not happy about it. Especially since by the time I put my camera away another stream of people were approaching. Really though, they just need to learn to pull a Laura Matsen and pee regardless of what's going on around them.




I took advantage of a temporary lift in the fog to get a photo of Katie Ronsse in front of my favorite rock out there.



Yes, I am pretending to fall into the crevasse... did I convince you? No? drat. Most of the crevasses were itty-bitty, this was the biggest one I saw. We all stayed on the groomed trails though so we wouldn't punch through and be swallowed up by the glacier.



The coaches loved riding around on snowmachines. This was the first day and Frode's not actually coaching here I'm pretty sure he spent his first half hour on the snowmachine just zipping around looking for excuses to ride somewhere else. Actually it was really nice to have them on snowmachines because on our 30min L3 interval Erik would ride alongside and give some technique suggestions, be able to talk to (at) all of us and then be stationed at another hill to take lactate by the time we got there.



People looked very-very small on the glacier.




Colin Rogers & Nicole DeYoung. It was sweet to have some non-APU skiers up on the glacier too to keep the team dynamics fresh. On sunday morning when it was absolutely gorgeous all (3) couples who were up on the glacier were skiing around together in matching spandex. It's so adorable.