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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, January 7, 2020

A few bluebird laps of Resolution and one of Spalding.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 26, 2019

Jenn ski day! Lots of E chair and Peak 10. The Burn, Charlie's Trees, Southern Cross top to bottom several times, lots of E ...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, January 18, 2019

Solo powder day staying low - lots of E Chair with Windows, Doors, Minecrotch.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, December 16, 2018

Excellent day w/Matt. Inside heel to outside butt cheek did wonders for my problems with turn initiation - gets inside leg to...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 15, 2018

Nice small Jenn lesson! Skied w/Gwen, Ed's daughter. Snow was weird, but we found some good stuff.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 8, 2018

A legit lesson with JJ! Hunting for the blow-in and chalk - found some good stuff.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 1, 2018

First lesson club day. Powder day. Not enough runs, but some really good turns.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, November 25, 2018

Super fun morning with instructor buddies.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, November 24, 2018

Glorious powder day on my La Ninas.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, November 11, 2018

Northstar bumps with Noah. Excellent first day of the season.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, April 14, 2018

Fun day skiing with new friend Megan. Saw the porcupine! Skied some fresh! Made my knee really unhappy!

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, April 13, 2018

Ducked out of "work from Breck" early to get 1.5 hours of fun. A few nice laps of Contest, seeking leftovers. First day on Fa...

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, March 11, 2018

Last day of Sunday lesson group.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 25, 2018

Memorial ski day for Eric. We skied lots of Eagle's Nest. I got frostbite. I am so grateful to my lesson club community for s...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 10, 2018

Skiing with Jenn. In memory of Dirk. I only managed a few runs before my knee called it quits, which is a damn shame because ...

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Boreas Pass: Sunday, January 28, 2018

Brief skin. Need boot things fixed.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, January 26, 2018

Small powder day with periodic snow. Brutally cold. Wonderful class with Matt, Marie, and the whole crew. I skied like a boss...

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 21, 2018

Heavy fresh snow day. Cucumber bowl!

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 20, 2018

Morning lesson with Patrick (Southern Cross, Inferno, race course, Y Chutes, Horseshoe); Afternoon video session with Pete.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, January 12, 2018

Powder. So much powder. SO MUCH POWDER.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 7, 2018

Powder day lesson w/Matt. SO MUCH FUN. Boundary Chutes, Tarzan, Forget Me Not, Joker, King (oops), Horseshoe, B50, Way Out .....

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, December 22, 2017

Skied with Rich, MJ, Kurt, and Mike (colorado springs mike)

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, December 17, 2017

Angulation breakthrough! Touch heel of outside ski. Now do it earlier in the turn.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, December 10, 2017

Matt lesson. Skate skiing with a strap!

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 2, 2017

Lesson day with Jenn! Tele turn ftw.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, December 1, 2017

Day one of ski club with Matt. Knee felt pretty okay. YAY!

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, November 26, 2017

Private mini lesson from Rich, and skied with Tracy. Never left the green, just worked on carving and angulation. Perfect.

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Loveland, CO: Saturday, November 18, 2017

Demo Day with Kim, Elizabeth, Michael - also saw Jenn and Nancy. Had a pretty great fall on natural snow. Demo'd Kaestle FX95...

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Loveland, CO: Sunday, November 5, 2017

skiing with Elizabeth =) Not *exactly* a powder day.

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Loveland, CO: Friday, October 27, 2017

Skied with Jenn! And BGreen, MT Skull, and Zach.

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Loveland, CO: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Drills, improvement, and skiing with PugSki Tuesday crew!

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Loveland, CO: Friday, October 20, 2017

Opening day with Shirley!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Friday, October 13, 2017

Opening day! 6 runs with (variously) Marie, Barry, and Rachel.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, May 14, 2017

Skiing with Doug, CJ, and Gaby. Then a bit of a POP and .. done for the day.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 13, 2017

A few runs with Gaby, then serious Beach time. Great day!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 6, 2017

Lovely spring day. By which I mean HOT. New softshell pants FTW.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, April 1, 2017

Skied with Pete and Jane! Skied with John and Kari and Ed and Karen! 3x whale's tail! Y Chutes! Deb's! Boundary Chutes! Ore B...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, March 31, 2017

Uggh. Refreeze with a tiny sprinkling of dust.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 25, 2017

First day skiing with Eric since my first day of the season. Seeking good spring conditions. Sometimes found them. Great corn...

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St Marys Glacier: Sunday, March 19, 2017

Bailed on James Peak, but still got a nice skin up to the top of the glacier. The top was truly nasty wind mank / sun cup cra...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 18, 2017

I had Pete all to myself for a lesson! Deep spring conditions. Everything from slurp to slorp.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, March 12, 2017

Late start was great - snowing all day, terrible vis, super fun laps of high traverse to horseshoe and b50/king. Joker rolls ...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 11, 2017

Back to the upper mountain! Horseshoe, Shadow Canyon, Vertigo, King. Imperial Face - not as fun.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, March 5, 2017

Late start straight to Lost Cabin for an end of the lesson season lunch .. then a bunch of groomer zoomers in obscene winds. ...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 4, 2017

Last day of lesson club. Skied with Larissa - Pete and Rebecca were out sick. Larissa is great! But she's not Pete.

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Sallie Barber: Friday, March 3, 2017

Skinned in the new AT boots. Counting it!

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 26, 2017

Couple runs with Tracy. Angry knee. Too bad - beautiful bluebird day.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 25, 2017

Brrr! Fun lesson. Skied peak 6 a few times. Pete got the ladies into some trees! Highest vert this season ..

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, February 24, 2017

First T-Bar rides of the season!

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Loveland, CO: Sunday, February 12, 2017

morning skin w/Elizabeth, then some teaching of new skiers!

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 11, 2017

Crazy conditions day with sub instructor Tony.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 5, 2017

Great day of lessons with Pete and the crew! Dragging poles to stack body. Early pole tap to encourage body to flow down the ...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, February 3, 2017

Short day ending in horrific collision.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 28, 2017

Another great day with Pete! Just me and Maria. We both had breakthroughs.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 21, 2017

Pete lesson! Bumps! Fun! Found my flow!

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 8, 2017

Bump practice under the Merc. So much unexpected powder.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 7, 2017

Most vert yet this season! Pete took us into the bumps. I'm getting so much out of getting back to basics. This is good.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, January 6, 2017

A few late afternoon runs on peak 9.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 31, 2016

Third row when the lifts started, four groomers, lift lines formed, done!

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Loveland, CO: Friday, December 30, 2016

Elizabeth and Amy showed me around the beautiful blues!

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, December 25, 2016

Bitter cold. Solo skiing. Four greens. Knee wasn't happy, rest of me was freezing - time to go home and snuggle on the couch!

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 17, 2016

First lesson with Pete and the gang!

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, December 16, 2016

Shirley joined me for some sick turns on greens and blues! I feel pretty good on my skis. Soft groomers with fluff on top don...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 7, 2016

PugSki Event! ... And massive crash with knee injury.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, April 17, 2016

Freshies on George's and Businessman's. Lesson with Jenn, Elizabeth, and Barry.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, April 16, 2016

powder day with Barry. First run of the day: Minecrotch untracked.

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, April 4, 2016

Short day; pretty sore. Lapped George's to Boundary Chutes with Kari.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, April 2, 2016

Fun fun fun ski day with Elizabeth! Hiked Dunes and Peak 6. Found secret freshies.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, March 27, 2016

Late start. Great snow in Contest. Went off Whale's Tail cornice without having Jenn there to lead me!

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 26, 2016

Lady ski day! Me, Jenn, Ali, Katie. Fun in the pow pow!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, March 19, 2016

Short day because I didn't feel well, but I got to ski with the PA crew a little more!

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, March 18, 2016

Powder dayyyyy with Emily, Gaby, Phil, Ashley, Bill - and a surprise appearance by Jenn =)

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, March 7, 2016

Last day with JJ group. Found Lost Cabin (eventually) and had a cookout. Hiked to Broadway.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 5, 2016

Last day with the Patrick group. Lots of hugs all around. Damn fine skiing. Making the best of conditions.

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Beaver Creek, CO: Sunday, February 28, 2016

Field trip with JJ and crew! Made the best of iffy snow - did hit up Thresher Glades and Royal Elk Glades.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 27, 2016

Lesson day with Patrick. Peak 7 and Peak 6 hike. Best snow was on Whale's Tail, CJ's, and Outlaw.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 21, 2016

Last day of skibattical! Three runs I'd never done before: Needle's Eye, ESP (peak 6 hike), and Seventh Dwarf (peak 8 hike)

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 20, 2016

Patrick group. Hiked to Broadway. Life is good.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, February 19, 2016

Powder day! 4" skied really well throughout Whale's Tail and the peak 7 runs. Afternoon fun on Inferno and Minecrotch. Such a...

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, February 18, 2016

Excellent day with Matt group! Tons of E Chair laps, with great snow in the Windows and Minecrotch. Lots of bumps feedback fr...

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Breckenridge, CO: Wednesday, February 17, 2016

T-Bar laps with Eric. Found some fluff in the Tarzan area.

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Breckenridge, CO: Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Falcon laps with Eric. Lots Corsair bumps.

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, February 11, 2016

lazy half day. snow was meh, so worked on bumps in Peerless

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 7, 2016

Fun morning with Emily and afternoon with Emily, JJ, Sarah and Evan. Lots of "groomed by god" and some good bump runs.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 6, 2016

Howling winds; free refills of chalk; extending forward rather than up; skiing with Emily!

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Aspen Snowmass, CO: Thursday, February 4, 2016

Chill day of groomers with Mel and Olesya

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Aspen Mountain, CO: Wednesday, February 3, 2016

First day of the Gathering. Deep snow in the trees.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 31, 2016

Powder day with the JJ crew. Shocking vertical. Lots of freshies. Yum.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 30, 2016

Fun lesson day with Patrick sub David Singleton.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, January 29, 2016

Late start. Some laps with Yogi and his crew. I miss skiing with whatever group I want.

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, January 28, 2016

Matt lesson with Marie, Terri, all the crew. So fun. Laps of Whale's Tail -> Y Chutes all day long.

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, January 25, 2016

First day on the Volkl Twos. Only meant to ski a few runs. Skied all day. Kept getting better as the snow fell.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 24, 2016

Just a couple of runs - good stuff. Horseshoe, CJ's, Wonderland. Sore and tired, so ducked out to look at cute pictures of an...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 23, 2016

Fun, high vert day with Patrick and crew. Brill's om nom nom.

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, January 11, 2016

Just a few runs - retraction turn revelation!

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 10, 2016

JJ! Oatmeal bowl, Epicmix racing, George's Thumb sastrugi, nice snow on Whale's Tail and Boundary Chutes.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 9, 2016

Patrick! Fun! Lots of peak 6 and some E chair.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, January 1, 2016

1 hour. 7k vert. groomers on peak 9. It counts!

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 19, 2015

Patrick! T Bar opened. Much fun ensued.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, December 18, 2015

Matt. Apparently forgot how to ski. Bah.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 12, 2015

Powder day / lesson with Randy and crew.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, December 6, 2015

Hiked to Horseshoe with JJ and Evan!

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, December 4, 2015

Half day with Matt. Thighs shredded. Done.

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, December 3, 2015

Day 1 of lessons with Matt!

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, November 28, 2015

Working on my turn technique with Eric on Copperopolis!

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, November 27, 2015

Skied with Elizabeth and some friends of friends. Good finds on High A.

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, November 26, 2015

Mostly groomers, but High A was fun with all the little trees poking out.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, November 22, 2015

Skied with Kim, Kurt, and Rachel - some sweet powder bumps on a newly opened section of the west wall, and less powdery bumps...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, November 21, 2015

Rope drop on Falcon. Two runs of directed skiing. A surprising amount of powder and soft snow turns. Yay!

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Shrine Mountain Inn: Saturday, November 14, 2015

Backcountry .. well, not exactly turns. Intended turns.

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Loveland, CO: Sunday, November 8, 2015

Kim and Kurt and some other folks. not bad for early season!

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St Mary's Glacier: Sunday, September 20, 2015

I survived! Not much snow, and it was pretty ... interesting, but on this, the worst of my summer snow experiences, I skied t...

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St Mary's Glacier: Saturday, August 8, 2015

Two runs with SkiNEwhere and Kim on the steeper, shorter section. August: accomplished. 75 days this season: accomplished.

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St. Mary's Glacier: Tuesday, July 21, 2015

A couple of runs with skiNEwhere. The snow was ... challenging for me. He looked much better, so I need to just figure it out...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, June 14, 2015

Last day of the season did not disappoint. Corn and slush, not even grabby. Loved my Sick Day 110s on this soft stuff.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Skied with the Gary and Michelle gang. Actually skied the West Turbo shot. Went out of bounds to ski the Beavers. Exhausting ...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Arrived at 11, planning for a solo groomer day, which lasted all of two runs. Ran into some Breck folks - Gary, Michelle, Car...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, May 10, 2015

Day 4. Legs shredded and knees achey. 6" overnight. Complete bedlam. Most visitors A Basin has ever had. Got a run in the All...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 9, 2015

Day 3; 5 fresh inches. Skied some Alleys with Kim and Tamara. Fresh tracks on lower East Wall. Hiked upper East Wall for the ...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Friday, May 8, 2015

Day 2. Skied with Emily & Gaby plus others from the Epic crew. Snow and visibility were challenging; I almost gave up, but so...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Thursday, May 7, 2015

Fun with the Epic gang. Surprisingly good snow on East Wall and Pali. Ran into Marie, Gary, Jillian, etc from the Matt crew (...

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Loveland, CO: Sunday, May 3, 2015

Crazy good day. Spent all day working on jumps with Dean and his friend Mark. Some spectacular falls caught on video. Randoml...

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Loveland, CO: Friday, May 1, 2015

Happy birthday, Betsy! Interesting conditions and weather. Dean provided some super duper coaching for jumps.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, April 19, 2015

So glad I got out there ... at the crack of 11:30. King's Crown (lots of fluff remaining), Joker Rolls, Vista to meet with Ke...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, April 18, 2015

I had a rough day today. I brought out my Santa Anas because "How much snow could there really be?" Our group gravitated to a...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, April 17, 2015

Powder day at Breck. Jenn lesson. Comedy of errors, but a great day nonetheless. Imperial and T-Bar were down (we did get one...

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, April 16, 2015

Jenn lesson on a nearly empty mountain, dumping all day. Drills in the morning on dust on crust; after more snow fell, we fou...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, April 14, 2015

I skied with some folks from the Chicago Metro Ski Council. Nice people; met them last night at Quandary. 12:30-3:30 (includi...

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, April 12, 2015

Last ever lesson club day. After some dithering, chose to ski with Jenn. George's Thumb, Whale's Tail, Wonderland, Boundary C...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, April 11, 2015

Small lesson group with Jenn - and Eric skied with us! Great spring day. One of Kevin's regulars grilled up burgers and brats...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, April 10, 2015

Jenn/Matt combo class from heaven. My first time hiking to the Dunes. Generally just a dreamy day with some of my favorite sk...

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, April 9, 2015

Lesson with Matt Belleville's Thursday crew. Much fun; much vertical. Matt seemed to conjure soft snow where none should have...

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Breckenridge, CO: Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Um, who did I *not* ski with today? The crew included Doug, Phil, Tricia, Christy, Jonathan, and a rotating cast of friends. ...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, April 3, 2015

Powder day! (on top of refreeze). Met mastersracer and his buddy and followed them up and down all sorts of lines - some fant...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Beautiful spring day! Kim and I met with Susan, Christy, and Ron for a leisurely breakfast. Then fun with different aspects a...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, March 28, 2015

Fun day with Emily, Gaby, Bill, and new friend Ashley. Emphasis: cornices. Played around on King Cornice and took some pucker...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, March 27, 2015

I took a bunch of laps down beautiful chalky Horseshoe Bowl, then met up with Emily, Gaby, & co. for a couple of orgasmic run...

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Breckenridge, CO: Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Powder day!! Skied the morning with Emily, Gaby, and Bill, then the late afternoon with Kari. Contest Bowl x5. Windows x2. Mi...

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Beaver Mountain, UT: Sunday, March 15, 2015

Skied with Evan! Grippy slushy sketchy snow - but better coverage than Big Sky, actually.

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Big Sky, MT: Friday, March 13, 2015

Last day of Diva West. I finally ran out of gas today. Conditions ranged from extra firm to slush, with not much in between. ...

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Big Sky, MT: Thursday, March 12, 2015

Today was my first day on the Nordica Santa Anas. Love at first turn. This is a great ski for variable conditions, and bit ni...

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Big Sky, MT: Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Woot! Hooked up with Beka and others and skied Firehole - a chute in Moonlight Basin. Then a lesson with Ursula, including a ...

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Big Sky, MT: Monday, March 9, 2015

Morning lesson with Ursula, followed by an afternoon run down Liberty Bowl with Andrea and Noah, and a few fun bump-drill run...

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Big Sky, MT: Sunday, March 8, 2015

So glad Olesya and Mel talked me into skiing today. Snow is great. Skied Lenin off the tram. Still taking it fairly easy - tu...

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Crested Butte, CO: Sunday, March 1, 2015

Today was our last day at Crested Butte, with 14" reported overnight. I kind of wish it hadn't dumped, as everyone and their ...

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Crested Butte, CO: Saturday, February 28, 2015

Not feeling it today. Late start, took a few mellow runs with low vis, but my heart wasn't in it. Chilling at the condo was m...

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Crested Butte, CO: Friday, February 27, 2015

Snow falling all day. Fun little tree runs off East River, then some intimidating stuff in North Face. Great first day here!

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, February 26, 2015

Half day with instructor Randy - lots of new lines. Lots of fluffy new snow. Over 18k vertical before lunch. Eric complimente...

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, February 23, 2015

I skied for two hours, but my peroneus muscles did me in. Joker Rolls, Horseshoe, toilet bowl, Southern Cross, Peerless Trees...

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 22, 2015

Post-powder day lesson with Dirk. The pace was mellow; we hit up a lot of known "day after" mini powder stashes. Windows 2 an...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 21, 2015

Tom's, Boreas, Contest x2, Whale's Tail x2, Horseshoe, Tiger Woods, Minecrotch x2, Windows 1-5, Peerless trees x2, Tom's ... ...

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Eldora, CO: Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Super fun day in the trees with Kim. Brian's ftw!

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Eldora, CO: Monday, February 16, 2015

Super fun powder and trees day with Rachel.

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, February 12, 2015

Lesson with Jenn Losch! I meant to take it easy, but I'm not sure I did. Horseshoe is a lot easier on my legs than E Chair, t...

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Breckenridge, CO: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Whale's Tail to CJ's to Elysian Fields to T Bar, where I lapped Horseshoe, with some excursions to Pika trees and Cucumber tr...

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Breckenridge, CO: Tuesday, February 10, 2015

I totally hiked up peak 6 and nobody died! Vis was poor until later in the day - okay, I didn't actually get onto the snow ti...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Friday, February 6, 2015

I have arrived! Should be a warm day. I'm curious to feel what the snow is like.

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, February 5, 2015

Lesson with Jenn Losch. Yay! Gypsies served me well on the thick, heavy snow. No actual powder found in the bowls; just a cou...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Monday, February 2, 2015

Skiing with Emily, Rachel, Don, and Betsy. Gonna need a bigger ski!

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 1, 2015

Brrr. Windy. Inaugural launch of Astis mittens.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Susan's birthday! So far here are Susan, Christy, Chris, Phil, and Tricia.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Tuesday crew! So far no one is in a big hurry to sample the refreeze.

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, January 26, 2015

Super warm today - 44 degrees at noon at the condo. I dragged myself out to the slopes by 1, and I'm really glad I did. I did...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, January 24, 2015

Kim and I started out maybe not in the best of moods - me because of my boots, and Kim because of ridiculous traffic. But we ...

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, January 19, 2015

Firm day; the yellow skis were a good choice. I bounced around a bit by myself, then caught up with Kevin and his crew. Had s...

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RMNP: Saturday, January 17, 2015

Hidden Valley with Eric, Rachel, and Kurt, up to the ridge. Just one lap. About four turns in perfect untracked snow - I am k...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Friday, January 2, 2015

A bitterly cold morning transformed into a toasty bluebird day. Rachel introduced me to Zuma Cornice and (I think) 2nd Alley....

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RMNP: Monday, December 29, 2014

Day 3 of Avy 1! The plan was to ski all day, but due to the extremely cold weather, we did a little more classroom time in t...

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RMNP: Sunday, December 28, 2014

Day 2 of Avy 1. Extremely cold. We tromped around a bit near Bear Lake, made observations, and dug a pit, which confirmed CAI...

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RMNP: Saturday, December 27, 2014

Day 1 of Avy 1. I'm gonna call this a ski day because I was on skis. Nevermind that I never took my skins off.

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, December 25, 2014

Just a few runs. Honestly, I was cranky and sore and probably should have stayed home. Tomorrow: getting boots worked on.

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Breckenridge, CO: Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Eric and I paid for a lesson with Gary Beresford - who has been teaching at Breck for 44 years! We were the only two students...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 20, 2014

My first ever lesson with Carl/Yogi. He taught me a great way to ski a narrower line. And I have video of me skiing pretty we...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 6, 2014

Second day in new boots. Fingers crossed it won't be as bad as dayone .

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, November 30, 2014

New boots; anticipating refreeze. We shall see.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, November 23, 2014

8 inches fresh reported! And it's dumping out my window!

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, November 22, 2014

Fingers crossed that work doesn't blow up this weekend! ... And now waiting for them to fix the gates on quicksilver. Argh.

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, November 14, 2014

So much snow ... excited to see what the day holds!

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, October 18, 2014

6 runs on the WROD before 9:30am. Good start to the season.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, March 9, 2014

A perfect day for a few laps of the groomers on peak 10 with Eric. Perfect groomer snow. The Burn was a little harsh for my s...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, February 28, 2014

Skied with Kevin, Kari, and the gang. Once again a massive crew. The snow was great and I felt "on." Lots of T-Bar,some Impe...

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 23, 2014

Jenn Losch was teaching today! We did a women only lesson. Not only did it keep the numbers down, but it was really fun. A bi...

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Winter Park, CO: Saturday, February 22, 2014

Skied with bumpfreaq and kurt

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Steamboat, CO: Saturday, February 15, 2014

A little bit of a late start ... met a couple in Morningside who know Steamboat really well; Bill showed me around for the re...

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Steamboat, CO: Friday, February 14, 2014

Spring conditions! Flat light! Weird snow! Weather pushed our arrival time out past midnight. It's hard to get up and ski whe...

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, February 10, 2014

Snow so good, I just couldn't stop skiing. Six chair. Joker. Callie's Alley, over and over again.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 9, 2014

So sore today. Skied the Sick Day 110s. Struggled a bit in the heavy powder and whiteout on Chair 6; the snow on Inferno, Tom...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, February 8, 2014

OMG it is snowing so much right now, and I'm not even on the mountain. .. I skied the Gypsies today. Keeping them. http://...

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Monarch, CO: Sunday, February 2, 2014

Thighs. So. Shredded. A few runs with Rachel and Kurt made it clear that my legs weren't obeying my commands swiftly enough ...

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Monarch, CO: Saturday, February 1, 2014

So much powder that I didn't know what to do with myself. Two hikes up Mirkwood - first to Orcs, which was untracked, and the...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 25, 2014

First day on the Sick Days. Finally got on Quicksilver at 1:20 (tried the gondola lot, but it was full, so I drove back and w...

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Breckenridge, CO: Monday, January 13, 2014

This was the third day in a row, and my legs were barking. I did a few runs of Ore Bucket on my own, then settled into the V...

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 12, 2014

Day two of three. I skied with Kevin's Eights. Fresh snow all day. Kari and I found a line in The Burn that skied exactly lik...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, January 11, 2014

First lesson pass day of the season! Skied with Kevin's Eights. Kicked butt.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Thursday, December 26, 2013

I was sore from the day before, so I just took a couple of runs. Those turned out to be on Too Much and Triple Treat, extreme...

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Breckenridge, CO: Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas day with Eric! We took it easy. Eric did one run in Horseshoe, then called it. I took three more runs off the T-Ba...

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Eldora, CO: Sunday, December 15, 2013

Beautiful day. Windy in the parking lot, but not on the snow. Hardpack plus no edges to speak of made the blues more challen...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, November 9, 2013

WROD with Kim, Kurt, Rachel, and a variety of guest stars.

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Sunday, May 12, 2013

I was planning to just drop by, have breakfast and say hello before driving home - but somehow I ended up skiing most of the ...

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Arapahoe Basin, CO: Saturday, May 11, 2013

I skied a couple of runs in the afternoon to test out the knee and say hi to some EpicSki folks. My knee didn't hurt, but my...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Saturday, March 23, 2013

Skiing with KurtyT! We skied trees and soft snow all day, and we practically had the place to ourselves. It never stopped s...

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, March 10, 2013

It is colder this morning than I'd expected. Hiding in Vista House for a bit.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 9, 2013

Giving the gypsies another chance. Wax is my friend.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, March 3, 2013

This morning's crunchy snow didn't look promising, especially in the flat light, but I stuck it out and was rewarded. Trees ...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, March 2, 2013

What an excellent day skiing with the Dirk crew. I skied CJ's for the first time; it had total hero snow. Before lining up ...

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Copper Mountain, CO: Monday, February 25, 2013

Bluebird day of casual skiing with Kim. Just what I needed.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, February 24, 2013

Epic powder day. Epically not-waxed Gypsies had me in a mood like a grumpy five year old. Some down time and a switch to my ...

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RMNP: Sunday, February 17, 2013

Five people for our first ever banana bowl experience. We made it to the bowl, but I was too tired to do more than a token r...

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Breckenridge, CO: Thursday, February 14, 2013

Pretty much the perfect ski day. Windows, Tiger Woods, Joker, B52, Cucumber Ridge - oohhh, all the good things.

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Breckenridge, CO: Sunday, January 13, 2013

Going to try skinning up peak 8 with my banged up toe.

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Copper Mountain, CO: Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Exploring Copper - and figuring out my Kikus - with Kim.

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Breckenridge, CO: Tuesday, December 25, 2012

A few lovely runs before we had to go in. Ore Bucket was great; Horseshoe was rocky, but between the rocks I skied some turn...

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Breckenridge, CO: Friday, December 21, 2012

Skinned up peak 7 around 8:30. It took me 1:25, and afterward, skiing down a blue groomer was the hardest skiing I've done in...

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, December 8, 2012

Lesson with Kevin. Glad I don't have to brave the lift lines!

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Copper Mountain, CO: Sunday, December 2, 2012

Fun with boxes and jumps! I may turn into a park rat, yet.

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Breckenridge, CO: Saturday, November 10, 2012

Seven runs in an hour and forty five minutes. Got crowded, do we left. Good snow, though!