I had made arrangements with some friends of our couch surfers from Denver to go skiing today in Vail. We met up and headed for the mountains. The roads were getting worse and worse as we drove and Mandy’s little Toyota with worn tires were not doing so well. Eventually we had to stop put on the snow chains and then slowly continue along. This of course was good news since we would have plenty of fresh snow on the mountain. We finally arrived at started skiing by 11AM, there was at least 10” of new snow, and in many places the powder was knee deep. It was amazing! The girls I was skiing with had been there all winter and said it was the most new powder they had seen all year. We had a great time all day, Laura and I broke off from the other two to tackle some of the black diamond runs that wound through the trees. By 4PM, when the lifts close were exhausted, but happy, pushing fresh powder around is great fun, but tiring too. We headed back to the Front Range, but stopped for beer and food on the way at (surprise!) another brew pub. Colorado is covered in these things, it’s awesome. What a great way to get introduced to Colorado skiing!
Photo Album: FTF Day 35 - Vail
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