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The small white flakes melted instantly as they touched my dark blue jacket. I gilded towards the lift, snow slowly crunching beneath my board, approached the painted red line, board strapped tightly to one foot. The ice-covered chair came quickly from behind me, planting me sharply in its freezing cushion while it began my incline towards the summit of Stevens Pass. The summit was my biggest fear. Every time I looked at it I saw mighty claws, just waiting for a chance to engulf me in there talons of snow and rock. This would be the ride of a lifetime, one I would never forget because it was the first time I have ever faced a fear this great. As the lift rose, the snow fell thicker. I looked at my friend's uneasy face after he flinched when the old lift made a creak. I thought to myself," This is what I have trained for, this is what it's all about." As the lift reached the mountain's summit, the downhill terrain became visible. We hopped off the frozen lift, quickly halting to secure our bindings for the most challenging ride on the mountain, 7th Heaven. We studied the run as if hypnotized by the massive swells of thick white powder and rock. We slowly rose to our feet and leaned cautiously downhill; there was no goin