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Thursday, February 16, 2017
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Heading Wester
Bye Bye Utah after four sunny days in Park City.
Park City Resort merged with the Canyons Ski Resort connecting the two with a new gondola. The combined resorts are now the largest resort in the United States.I managed to ski most of the most of this terrain. Zoom, zoom, zoom....
Hello California,
Still following my Vail Epic Ski Pass with the next stop at Lake Tahoe where I plan to ski four to five resorts. We have a big jaunt across the Nevada desert first. Staying the first night in Reno in advance of another big snow dump forecast for the Sierra Mountains. Powder days coming again.
I was pretty busy skiing January for a "mature individual" ("old ski bum") putting in 24 days on the slopes and clocking about 350,000 vertical feet of skiing. My top daily vertical was this week with over 30,000 feet on Tuesday.These are biggg mountains.
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Heading West
Friday, January 27, 2017
See Ya Colorado
Nice week four in Frisco skiing with my "senior Kick A.." groups. Couple of days were quite cold with a lot of snow that limited visibility and made for short ski days. On one short day Debby and I visited the Cozen Frontier Museum near Winter Park and then took a scenic short cut back to Summit County.
On Friday I decided to take a break from skiing since it was minus 10 (feels like minus 24)
but with the sun out an no wind couldn't stay in. Took a ride up to Ute Pass for the super views.
And THEN we took a two hour guided snowshoe hike offered by Copper Mountain. First time snowshoeing AND Debby had a good time except for some cold toes.
On Friday I decided to take a break from skiing since it was minus 10 (feels like minus 24)
but with the sun out an no wind couldn't stay in. Took a ride up to Ute Pass for the super views.
Single digit temps but very comfortable. |
And THEN we took a two hour guided snowshoe hike offered by Copper Mountain. First time snowshoeing AND Debby had a good time except for some cold toes.
Helicopter came shortly and rescued Jeff |
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Buzzards Alley
Waiting for Shuttle Bus from Frisco to Copper Mountain |
Today was my last day in January with the Copper Mountain Over the Hill Gang. Gonna really really miss this group. Today we had Caroline for our guide/instructor and she really pushed the envelope. Usually for the first run you warm up on something groomed and not too tough. Not today. We went up two chair lifts and headed over to he T Bar surface lift that hauls you up to the very top and skied untracked fresh powder. Did this twice before clouds closed in and visibility disappeared.
I've been to Copper quite a few times over the years. On my first visit and every other visit, while skiing a big meadow near mountain top, I would gaze up at this huge peak and be in awe of others that could ski this. Well check this off my life to do list. Today I skied the Double Black Diamond Buzzards Alley! Steep and deep and a long way down. Glad I didn't crash. Interesting that we were going back up to do some back country runs but a snow squall came in quickly and kept us a lower elevations.
I'm gonna really miss my Over The Hill Buddies!
End of Day |
Fancy Fire Pit |
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Better than Powder Skiing
What's better than a powder day skiing? A powder day with sunshine! Back with the Copper Mountain Over the Hill Gang.
If I'd taken a selfie, you would have seen me singing and grinning ear to ear....
Went into the back bowls of Copper Mountain for some great powder skiing in the sunshine. I have always wanted to tackle this but was afraid to go there without a group. WOW!
If I'd taken a selfie, you would have seen me singing and grinning ear to ear....
Went into the back bowls of Copper Mountain for some great powder skiing in the sunshine. I have always wanted to tackle this but was afraid to go there without a group. WOW!
You have to hike this mountain of ride a snow cat i you want to ski it. |
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Bluegrass
If you know us most of our travels involve finding a music festival....
Two nights of bluegrass at Keystone Ski Resort, about 30 minutes from our condo in Frisco. Hardest part was staying up past 10pm. Pretty lively crowd so it wasn't too hard.
Fun part was getting up at 6:30 am Sunday to ski....
Two nights of bluegrass at Keystone Ski Resort, about 30 minutes from our condo in Frisco. Hardest part was staying up past 10pm. Pretty lively crowd so it wasn't too hard.
Fun part was getting up at 6:30 am Sunday to ski....
Exploring Colorado
Took a day off Saturday to rest up. Saturdays are a good day to take off as the crowds from Denver come to ski. Debby and I decided to head out on a big loop and explore some Colorado. We headed south through Breckenridge and crossed the continental divide at Hoosier Pass
Went through the small towns of Alma (home of Al Mart), Fairplay and South Park.
Arrived at Beuna Vista where we had camped for three nights on our last summer jaunt.
Headed back to Frisco through Leadville where it started snowing.
It's about 25 degrees but warm in the sun. |
Snowshoe trail |
Went through the small towns of Alma (home of Al Mart), Fairplay and South Park.
Old town South Park closed or winter. |
A South Park Church |
Arrived at Beuna Vista where we had camped for three nights on our last summer jaunt.
Had lunch in the cae in this restored building. |
Headed back to Frisco through Leadville where it started snowing.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Colorado Blue Bird Skies
My classroom or the day |
Over the Hill Gang gathering or the day |
On Tuesday I hooked up with the instructor that taught us powder skiing last week. He spent the whole day on the finer points of mogul skiing.
VAIL |
I never get tired of the incredible views. |
Oh and Friday, it snowed.......Powder Day.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Road Trip
Yours Truly Soaking in the Winter Park Vibe |
Went to Winterpark Ski Resort on Wednesday. Trip was about 90 minutes first over the Continental Divide and then over Berthound Pass.Good trip to take when the roads are dry. Debby went along to take in the gorgeous scenery.
This the the closest resort to Denver with a Ski Train from downtown to the resort every Saturday. Very uncrowded on Wednesday. Would never ski here on a Saturday.
This place is huge. Took the complimentary tour offered each morning to learn the mountain and kep from getting lost.
Super guide with just me and one other guy.
You can see forever. |
One of my rides up. |
Peak Looks Like a Glove. |
Not too crowded. This about 9am. |
A lot o above tree line skiing. Great on a sunny low wind day, |
Last run from here back to the lodge was about 4 to 5 miles. |
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