Assignment

1.
The K2 Phat Luv skis glide through the hour old snow as minuscule snowflakes continue to float to the Evergreen pine trees and the mountain side. The crystals of snow find their place on her North Face jacket and on the tip of her nose. Further down the mountain where the temperature is warmer her calves burn and her quads sting as she moves through the thick blanket of snow. The skier plants her pole in the center of the mogul as if popping a balloon and then she turns around the solid mass. The sugar snow flies up around her with each completed movement.

2.
Black rocks are juxtaposed against the pure snow. The K2 Phat Luv skis scrape against the menacing rocks as the girl tries not to careens down the double black diamond run. Her ski patrol father always told her “the key is to keep your skis pointed vertically not horizontally.” This methodology escapes her. The snow is falling quickly and her breath fogs up the inside of her goggles. She shakily attempts to roll her foot to her baby toe in order to start the turn but the slope is too steep and she falls. She remembers to keep her feet below her so her head doesn’t smash into a tree during the long fall down the nearly 90 degree vertical slope.