Ski Trip

With snow in the forecast for the next 3 days in Mt. Vernon, I think it is a good time to post some nice pics. of the Colorado Ski Trip this year. In case you haven't been keeping track, Copper closes for the season tomorrow despite getting 3 feet of fresh powder in the last 6 days.

My camera froze up before I could take any pics. on the slopes, but for everyone who got there Friday or Saturday, here is all the great snow and road conditions and powder we had Thursday and Friday. But don't forget the high was in the upper single digits with 30 MPH winds.

The sky turned blue for the first time while I was there on Friday afternoon right after we got off the slopes. I have never been any colder or more miserable riding than Friday with my goggles freezing over so I couldn't see much at all. But if I took them off my eyes started to freeze because they were watering with all the wind and snow hitting my face. This is the stables at Keystone where John works.

It looked pretty when the sun peeked out from behind the clouds. There were no dry roads until Saturday with all the snow they had gotten earlier during the week.

The trail that goes up the side of the Wildernest road was snow covered. I hiked all the way up to Carrie's condo once, which took about maybe 30+ min. each way. It was good exercise and a beautiful sunset in the mountains I got to see as I was coming down. Too bad my camera was already frozen by then.

Faith started to warm up to me this trip somewhat, but she is still pretty shy. I attempted to take her for a walk one day, but we didn't get too far before she ran back home. She is a great dog and never barks. Here she is sitting by the heater to warm up!

This is one of the last pictures my Samsung camera ever took. This is the high school in Frisco. They have a competive touring Ski Team as well as a ice hockey varsity team and many more sports. The high school is less than 10 years old and we met there Saturday for Winterfest SS & Church and eating festival afterward, for which we waited in line for more than 1 hour 20 min. By seeing all these nice blue-sky pictures you will never imagine what the conditions were like on Thursday and Friday. It was by far the best powder riding I have ever had and also by far the coldest and dangerous weather conditions. But like Warren Miller says, if you can't get out in the worst weather you will never get the best powder.