Colorado women ski the fjords of Norway
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- Created on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 14:16
- Written by Nathan
By JANICE KURBJUN, SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
It was more than a year in coming, but Arapahoe Basin tele instructor Leslie Resnick is now reveling in the memories of a trip to Norway to ski the fjords.
When a volcano erupted in Iceland just before their planned trip last year, the departure was delayed until this April, when Crested Butte's and K2's Heather Paul Featherman gathered 10 women, including Resnick and Breckenridge's Cassidy Brush, to sail from Alesund through the Norwegian Sea to the Trondheim area. Their 10-day trip finished at the end of last month, leaving Resnick marveling more at the experience than the quality of the snow.
“Words can't describe the camaraderie,” she said, describing how the dance parties on board the sailboats, morning preparations, the treks in to the snow line, skiing everything from wide open fields to steep couloirs, eating “like guys” at the end of the day and more were all equal parts of the trip.
Coming from an avid skier, it's saying a lot for the skiing to not be preeminent.
It also takes a lot for Resnick to say, “I took my ego and shoved it,” as she was surrounded not only by high-caliber female skiers but by women who got along.
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