All Days

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, December 31, 2017

Groomer zooming with Mark and Ellie

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Rope drops with Marge, then ran into Joey, Jonathan, Robyn, Christy.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, August 30, 2017

It isn't very deep, but the snow was niiiiice.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Thursday, May 18, 2017

almost too deep, but we managed

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Jackson Hole, WY: Thursday, February 2, 2017

The reason for the unplanned trip. :D

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, January 21, 2017

Hello Tucker ... got a pretty early cat up, skied Fremont 3 down. It was primo.

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Taos, NM: Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Got to ride the lift up Kachina.

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Taos, NM: Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Got to hike Kachina, last day before lift opened.

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Crested Butte, CO: Thursday, January 12, 2017

wow ... untracked for the first hour. Face shots all that stuff

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, December 25, 2016

All four skied all morning. Wow.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, December 16, 2016

Luckiest rope drop day ever.

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St Mary's : Tuesday, September 27, 2016

auuuggghhhhh! but that makes 36 straight months

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, April 2, 2016

wow ... blue sky, soft snow. Skied w RB and Wyatt.

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Aspen Highlands, CO: Saturday, March 26, 2016

quality day. 14+ reported, temerity was indeed deep

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Winter Park, CO: Tuesday, March 15, 2016

deepest day of the year for me

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Vail, CO: Tuesday, March 8, 2016

mmmmmmmm good ... finally did the Mile

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Monday, March 7, 2016

boot testing and an inch to freshen things up

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Taos, NM: Thursday, March 3, 2016

Dean's comp day, plus Kachina accident.

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Taos, NM: Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Windy but another fun day.

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Taos, NM: Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Taos bro ... really cool hill.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Monday, February 22, 2016

fresh snow, spent a few hours in the trees, very nice

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, February 20, 2016

crowded, weird day but somehow avoided lines and found great snow. met up with kim too

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, February 20, 2016

Really crowded, but Union Peak was great. First day after knees drained, felt no pain.

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Vail Pass: Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Skied in walk mode. oops.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Monday, February 15, 2016

Minor pow day, new Lange boots. Trees with Joey were awesome.

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Aspen Mountain, CO: Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Lotsa leftovers, found some fun new terrain.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, February 2, 2016

SIA day 2. Loved the Volkl tent.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Did some more testing, Renoun Skis gets a huge thumbs-up

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Beaver Creek, CO: Monday, January 25, 2016

Tried some DPS CassiarF95s today, nice and smooth but not terribly exciting. Which is fine.

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Sunlight, CO: Sunday, January 17, 2016

trying a new one today, 10 in. on the stake already

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, January 15, 2016

Super fun day, a few new inches really freshened things up. Glades and trees were money.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, January 12, 2016

blue skies and chalk chalk chalk

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Aspen Highlands, CO: Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Got about fourth chair, had 5 runs off Deep Temerity first thing. Boot to knee deep. Did not suck.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Skied morning with C, K, J and came home. Some fresh, but not as much as every other mtn in CO ... win some lose some.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Skied morning with C, K, J and came home. Some fresh, but not as much as every other mtn in CO ... win some lose some.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Friday, December 11, 2015

Great afternoon with Jimmy, John, Gary

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

first little pow day, caught several dropped ropes off Excelerator

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Peak 10/4th of July Bowl: Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Almost feel guilty calling it a day: we were late and had no desire to hike much above treeline at that point. But climbed up...

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Rollins Pass: Tuesday, July 7, 2015

More snow than last season, made about 500 ft down the valley.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, May 17, 2015

Pretty deep day, with Dean, Ron, and Robyn. Waterfall was $$, and sluffy.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 16, 2015

Hiked East Wall with Ron C and Dean, super smooth and dry snow. Almost sunny, as well, started snowing later.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Monday, May 11, 2015

Much better today ... more new snow, far fewer people. Felt like winter.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, May 10, 2015

Only one run, I think it counts?

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 9, 2015

Powder morning before I had to leave, but super fun 2 hr.

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Loveland, CO: Friday, May 1, 2015

Betsy's birthday, another fun one as always.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Monday, April 27, 2015

Another beach day with Lisa and her NM friends, plus Kevin, Dean, Patrick, Doug, Marty, and Jim.

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Loveland, CO: Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Pretty nice mini-pow day. Lapped 9 all morning, managed fresh tracks on smooth but shallow snow. No complaints.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, April 19, 2015

Welcome back, winter! Just in time to close. Grateful for LL and AB

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, April 17, 2015

Finally. It was so deep, didn't hit bottom all day. "No friends " for the first 90 min, then found Matt and Matt and skied wi...

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Loveland, CO: Thursday, April 16, 2015

Some surprise accumulations in the morning, didn't cover up most of the crust but certain areas were great. Lapped Don's Tree...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Kind of depressing. Angry inch in the morning, and a completely empty mountain. Found a few good sections, but bleh.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, April 11, 2015

I think we skied. Oh yeah, we did. The parking lot scene was more fun, though.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Monday, April 6, 2015

Beach time after corn on Zuma and chalk in West Alley. Muy bueno.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, April 3, 2015

Power hour in the morning, then family time! skied with Ellie for a while, and met up with the Goodwins and Dad.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Fun in the sun with Kim, Monique, Christy, and Ron. And Dean at breakfast.

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Aspen Highlands, CO: Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Great surprise pow day, what a fun hill! Skied with Christy, Chris, Jonathan, and Annie B

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Aspen Snowmass, CO: Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Snowmass with some new snow that covered up a lot of the spring junk. Winter is sorta back?

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, March 22, 2015

Surprisingly fun day ... corn, slush bumps, and chalk

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Loveland, CO: Wednesday, March 18, 2015

A very fun day, more eating and drinking than skiing, but that's what the conditions called for.

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Crested Butte, CO: Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Hooked up with Brittany who showed us the goods. Traverses and entrances were seriously sketch, but once we were in, steep ch...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Well, I. did. not. have it today. Luckily that doesn't happen to me very often. A couple inches fresh, no crowds, very cold, ...

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Jackson Hole, WY: Monday, March 2, 2015

Skied Thunder trees all morning before taking off back home.

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Jackson Hole, WY: Sunday, March 1, 2015

Fun day with fun people; most snow was pretty good, but when it was bad, it was horrid.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, February 26, 2015

Stellar morning with Kim! Stayed ahead of the crowds (well, relative) and had fresh tracks on first half dozen runs. Met Dean...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, February 22, 2015

Skied with Ron and Jonathan, pretty fun (better than expected) after a foot of snow in past 2 days. "My" rope line in Copper ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, February 20, 2015

Just a few groomers in the a.m.

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Snowbird, UT: Thursday, February 12, 2015

The bird wasn't skiing quite as well as Alta, but some nice snow was found in Gad Valley and the Cirque. Ended the trip with ...

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Alta, UT: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Hooked up in morning with Bob Binder and some of his buddies, and then spring happened. Took a turn in Mineral Basin as well.

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Alta, UT: Tuesday, February 10, 2015

A few inches of dense snow and graupel made for super creamy turns.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, February 4, 2015

One more powder day at Copper, getting old hat...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Day 2 SIA, skied a lot of 98-ish today. Good stuff.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, February 1, 2015

Local knowledge day, fun times!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, January 27, 2015

April? You are here already?

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Jackson Hole, WY: Saturday, January 24, 2015

Spent morning getting new liners, met crew at top of gondola for long lunch (freezing mist all morning, viz was poor), but ma...

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Jackson Hole, WY: Friday, January 23, 2015

Hooked up with large crew, spent morning on Thunder, Sublette, Casper, Apres Vous, went back to Sublette and Thunder after lu...

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Jackson Hole, WY: Thursday, January 22, 2015

Skied with Bob all morning, and his friend Pete.

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Crested Butte, CO: Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Slow day for me; mostly I hung out in the sun on the deck in retro sweater and stretch pants...

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Crested Butte, CO: Monday, January 12, 2015

Fun day of group skiing, nice snow on groomers and a little fresh off piste, but most of the tough terrain is still closed.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, January 6, 2015

First Pali runs of the season, hashtaghappyplace.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, January 3, 2015

Decided to go out for afternoon, surprisingly nice out there.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, January 1, 2015

Skied with Dad for his 74th birthday!

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, December 21, 2014

Short afternoon, but we got about 11K vert in 2 hr, not bad.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, December 18, 2014

Well I think I've paid for my pass by now. Skied morning by myself, lapped Sierra about a dozen times, then hooked up with Bo...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, December 14, 2014

It snowed! Ron came up this morning and we got lots of runs, lots of fresh. My knees were really bugging me, though, so I qui...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, December 13, 2014

Skied with Joey, Kim, Rachel in the morning, and Bob and Thomas in the afternoon. Conditions were surprisingly good for not h...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Nice little day. Skied a few runs with C and J, had lunch, then skied some more by myself. (Literally, by myself: saw maybe 8...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, November 27, 2014

And now it's spring? Great relaxing day with all the family, even Mark skied, just a few days before getting his shoulder reb...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Well that was rather amazing.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, November 23, 2014

Skied with Dean and Margaret in morning, Ron and Pearce in afternoon. Did not dress warmly enough. Turned feet a bad color.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Hero groomers, lots of sun! Ron C came down from Steamboat for his first turns of season.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, November 16, 2014

Cold today, skied from 8:30-3:15 with a few breaks for warming up the toes. Last three laps were undirected at I-Dropper and ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Snowed all day, skied all day! Still just one run but super fun.

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St Mary's : Thursday, October 2, 2014

Bob's bday ski, also with Kevin and Joey.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Friday, June 13, 2014

...aaaaand, that will do it for lift-served.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, May 27, 2014

I guess that's the last Tuesday of the 13/14 season ... beautiful day.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, May 20, 2014

spring day, finally! beach spot, soft snow, a little slush ...skied with Christy, Chris, Jonathan, Kevin, Mike, Dean, and Ton...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, May 11, 2014

Full-on winter blizzard skiing.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 10, 2014

Skied with Ron all morning, had some amazing runs in Zuma and then we timed it just right and were the first people after the...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Thursday, May 8, 2014

Short day, but tested out new Dynafit set-up. So far so good.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Wednesday, April 30, 2014

More pow, and it was cold pow! Winter is the best.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, April 19, 2014

Rough riding in the morning, finally found some softer snow. Went in for a bite to wait for the sun, and managed an hour of g...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Thursday, April 17, 2014

Well that was a fairly spectacular spring day. Skied with Joey, hiked North Pole early and then just messed around the mounta...

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Loveland, CO: Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Nice mellow day with Chris, Christy, Kevin, Jonathan, Don, and Betsy.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Monday, April 14, 2014

A foot new, great cold conditions. But got skied out fast (although Union Meadows was almost empty, took 4 laps). Spent the a...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, March 28, 2014

Great day with the whole family! We were in line for Super Bee at 8:35, hit all the usual spots and it was a lot deeper than ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Two fast hours of dust on crust ... but the dust was deep, and the crust wasn't too bad. It was mucho fun.

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Breckenridge, CO: Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Very short day... still fighting my left boot. It was perfectly fine Monday, but I seem to have developed a bone spur since t...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Monday, March 3, 2014

Laps on Pali all morning, laps on the East Wall all afternoon. No complaints at alllll

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Loveland, CO: Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A few bluebird laps on the ridge cat, each one better than the previous. Last cat of the day sent us to some rope-ducking dir...

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Beaver Creek, CO: Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Skied with Don, Betsy, Kevin, and Jonathan. Started out a little firm, but we eventually found some chalky snow, and the sun ...

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Steamboat, CO: Sunday, February 23, 2014

Ron and I took a few laps on front and then skied 10-noon with Billy Kidd --what a treat! Good timing to get to hear his take...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, February 18, 2014

super fun day ... snow was great, wind-buffed chalk everywhere. Pali was so nice. Skied with Christy and Jonathan.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, February 9, 2014

short day for me, but found Atlantic Cornice (and most of Triple Zero) COMPLETELY untouched at 11 am ... yum

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, February 2, 2014

Only skied an hour, before driving to Utah, but decided to add it anyway. It was -8 in the parking lot. My hair froze. Skied ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, February 1, 2014

Not much fresh, but about 3 ft in the past couple days made for super soft and abundant snow. Skied with Ron, Margaret, and h...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, January 30, 2014

Skied with Lisa and Jonathan, and it was probably the deepest inbounds day I've had, definitely at Copper.

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Breckenridge, CO: Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Met up at lunch with a bunch of people; cold day but great company.

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Loveland, CO: Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Since we weren't making first chair at Breck, Kevin and I stopped on the way to Breck for some fresh bday turns.

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Crested Butte, CO: Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Checked this one off finally. Will definitely be returning ... terrain is phenomenal. Why do I keep flying to JH and Snowbird...

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Irwin: Monday, January 13, 2014

That is one beautiful place, and a first-rate operation. And, oh yeah, it has snowed 5 ft in the past week.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, January 4, 2014

I'm so tired. It's still snowing. Gotta rest up for tomorrow. Skied almost all day, with Ron, and it was deep.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, January 3, 2014

short day, saving up for tomorrow...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, December 29, 2013

Super fun day with nephew Wyatt, got to show him the ins and outs at Copper. Rode every lift worth riding (except Mtn Chief, ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Cold and bluebird, with lots and lots of soft snow. Skied with Ron and the kids, Wyatt and Ellie, and eventually Mark, Chris,...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, December 8, 2013

Short day, it was cold, and the dog has learned to open the door and exit the condo, so ... yeah ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The first powder frenzy day. Tracked out the front and then found some meadow skippy stashes up top a little later, might hav...

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Vail, CO: Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Not really a day, but a half dozen runs on new boots

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, November 24, 2013

:-) It's been a while since the four of us skied together as a family. Might be a while longer, but that was fun. Skied a fe...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, November 22, 2013

T-Rex opened today ... got a little directed (aka baseless) skiing on Copperfields and Tempo.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Managed to finish decorating the I-70 tree en route. Pleasant conditions, fast snow, but no ice.

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Loveland, CO: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Beautiful warm day at Loveland (yes, on occasion "warm" and "Loveland" go together). Skied with Christy, Kevin, Jonathan, and...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, November 9, 2013

Skied a couple hours at Copper with Ron before the lines got too insane. Ran into Rachel, Kurt, Monique, and Eric, then went ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Skied with Christy; things are looking good up there. Snowed all morning.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Skied with Jonathan and Chris. A few inches of natural on top of the manmade was really nice!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Skied with Christy. Not as crowded as last week. More mugs released, so we got ours after all!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Wednesday, October 23, 2013

... and the afternoon at ABasin. (I wonder if this will work ... it probably shouldn't count as 2 days, though)

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Loveland, CO: Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Spent the morning at Loveland....

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Thursday, May 30, 2013

I think that qualified as a pow day!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, May 12, 2013

Beach spot 12 is reserved

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Loveland, CO: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

How does each day keep getting better?

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, April 19, 2013

First five runs were money. Then it was just fun, heavy cruddy fun.

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Loveland, CO: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Fun morning, but crowded, and even though I had lots of first tracks, the new snow layer was 4 in. of wind- and dirt-affected...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, April 14, 2013

Well, that was a closing day to remember. I was mildly irritated by all the crowds on "my" S lift, however. ;-)

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, April 11, 2013

Surprise pow day ... I think it's STILL snowing up there...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Fun day, better snow than I expected, with Christy, Betsy, Don, Glenn, Chris, Bob ... uh ... there were more skiers I think ....

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Nice morning of pow in the trees (17 Glade was money!) and then some spring and sun in the afternoon.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, March 28, 2013

DeAnn in town, Finn came for the day, and we met his friend Gary. Ran into Bob in R lift line. RB and Gary cut out at lunch. ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, March 27, 2013

A few fresh inches this morning, skied with Margaret and then met up with Claire. Tired legs today.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, March 21, 2013

A fun, fun day. Lots and lots of snow, dumping most of the day.

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Winter Park, CO: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Superb day, surprise pow, skied with Seldomridges. Used DPSs, perfect pow trees and bump ski.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Monday, December 17, 2012

Surprise snow day! Stormy all day, love it