Mt. Brighton was good today, the sun was out quite a bit which was nice, and it's not nearly as cold today as it has been most of this winter
Snow was good, hardpack/packed powder conditions, not too slow. I don't think I made any runs outside of the park. It was probably the single best "solo" session that I've had in about as long as I can remember.
A lot of times when I ride solo it's kinda ho-hum, just to get out there and make some turns or a few park laps, but today I really made some good progress in the park -- which I almost never do well at when I'm solo. In the past I have gone through spurts where I will pick up a new trick, but never really get comfortable with it, and the next thing I know, I am afraid to even try it, and then I essentially "lose" it.
Today was not one of those days!! I took boardslides on down boxes (this might be a first, or at least first in a long time), lipslides on down boxes (first), tailslides on down boxes (first), tailslide on flat-down (first), lipslides on flat-down (first), lipslides on the flat round tube (just learned this on Sunday at Hawk) and lipslide on a down tube (first). Felt super good -- I really needed a day like today!!
The setup is really good for progression. I mean, it is a good park for probably 90% of people. I was able to start on really short ride-on features and a butter box, get a good feel for the sideways slides again, and then progress to the bigger boxes which I am already comfortable with 50/50, 180's on, tail press, etc. If I felt shaky on the bigger features, I'd just hit the small ones again on the next lap and get my comfort back. By the end of the session I had no need for the ride-on stuff anymore
Almost tried a few times to tailslide a gap to down box but never committed to that LOL.
Ended up staying a lot longer than I had intended, but I was just feeling it and didn't want to leave until my legs started tiring out around 130.