Snow -- the new meaning of life?

I went snowboarding on Monday. I took the day off.

Wow, it was great. Going solo isn't so great, but its okay. Last week I went w/ 6 others. This weekend I go with 4 others, and the following weekend with like 8 people.

Anyways I found revived passion in snowboarding. I found the powder situation here is great, so I am mostly cutting thru trees and "off-piste" or off trail in search of powder. The caveat to this is that some runs will lead you to nowhere and death.. my friend said she got stuck for 2hrs last weekend. My other friend went down a nowhere path and had to dig his way out for 10hrs. I kid you not.

In my case I'm not that adventurous so I follow paths that others have gone down. But still the powder is deep and if you fall or get stuck, it takes a while to dig out and is god damn tiring. But there is a thrill of cutting thru some path that is unknown, dodging trees, trying to stay afloat and then .. finally finding daylight back to the main trail ! Its really a great high.

I probably got stuck 1/2 the time, but the other 1/2 when I had a clean run thru the treeline it was awesome.

I may go every weekend this year! I invested $1000 on new board, boots, bindings, etc, so I should maximize this investment.