Can I go skiing yet?

So this is my first winter as a mama.  I am so excited to share the wonders of snow with my little one. In fact, we were so excited that a week or so ago we drove up the canyon during one of the first storms in search of the magical white joy.  We had to get up there and get Little One in it also. She loved it and to put it mildly we were elated about being in the snow! I don't understand how people don't like it, but that's okay, we love it enough for them. 

I missed most of winter, what there was of it, last season due to being pregnant. I can not wait to get out there this season! The crisp freshness of cold air and new snow! I love using my body to work for something so exhilarating. People ask me how I can enjoy climbing aka skinning up the mountain (aka skinning is when you put on uni-directional carpet to the bottom of your skis so you can ski uphill. P.S. the skins come off to go down hill.) especially when at least half of the time out is uphill. But I think climbing is half the fun. Plus it is so worth it being out surrounded by nature, so few people, if any, around, seeing wildlife in their home and even having them play with us. (Yes an adorable little ermine played with us once teasing us jumping in and out of the snow checking to see if we were still watching. It won a place in my heart. I love them) and gloriously finding knee deep powder and flying down it.

There are other parts I love also about backcountry skiing.  Getting away outside is a huge destresser for me, I stress a lot. If I'm feeling emotionally frustrated or drained, being outside rejuvenates me. Not to mention how nature can be such a spiritual place.

To summarize I miss you winter, I miss you nature, please can I go skiing?

Yours truly, Ski Bee Mama