From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Sawtooth Mountain and Long Lake OD

We took off for a longer OD on Monday morning up high.  Way up, a loop between 10 and 11k feet.  We chose terrain that was a little bit flatter to avoid the “up and down” effect of mountain climbing workouts.

Sarah Dominick and Emily Ramsey (MWSC):

Sam Pratico from Falmouth, who flew out with the Gould Crew:

Some new shirts came in just before we left!

Sweetser and Welly check out the map:

Will and Sarah enjoying lunch with Sawtooth Mountain in the background (dog attempting to enjoy lunch too):

The crew up top.  Pretty craggy up there:

John and Brendan (MWSC) taking a water break.  Excellent hydration has been an important theme for the past few days:

Sadie and Marcello pose for the camera:

Welly and I took off on a little extra loop for the “big boys:

And, we returned to another incredible dinner at the ranch.  Sweetser says, “all meat is local!”