Love on the Slopes: Chapter One
Five years later
Pinks, oranges, and blues colored the early Monday morning sky over Sun Valley. Ry’s boots sank into the snow. It was late March, and the Idaho weather was perfect. The cold air stung his lungs, a familiar feeling he relished. He’d been spending too much time in the gym and doing physical therapy. He belonged outside on a mountain, the place he called home.
“Going to be a bluebird day,” he said to his friend and US Ski Team member Chas Morris.
“Sunny skies. A dusting of powder. No lift lines.” Smiling, Chas placed his skis on the snow. He was six foot two, an inch taller than Ry. “Nothing better.”
Chas had won two gold medals at PyeongChang and was the top male alpine skier in the US. He’d flown in from Europe after the final World Cup
