I took this video seconds before the wind stole my right glove and launched it up the slope, just out of a lunging snowboarder’s reach, and over the south face of Mount Bachelor. Maybe some little mountain critter will snuggle up in it tonight…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB7pcZkFqQk

It was windy up there, and icy. But! It was our first trip to the summit this season.

And the rest of the mountain? – hardly a soul around, sun smiling, 10 inches of fresh powder. O happy day…