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A few inches fell last night making today an awesome semi pow day. First runs in Paradise bowl were fantastic! Awesome day today!!

At least the views on the train to the airport were nice 👍

Not too many pics from me so far. Have to try and keep up with these two so no breaks for me. Bumps for@Indiggio Dom Dan More to come taking a short break now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Day 2 for me in the books. Damn, what a nice day. Oddly enough, it sounded like today was going to be a wash based on what sounded like rain overnight. Woke up at the house to 2” of pretty dense snow at the house. Snow on the mountain was a lot less dense and made for some terrific runs in paradise bowl first thing, and skied around a bit there and kept getting some nice untracked runs. off to East River lift to play in some trees i found yesterday, which were pretty much untracked. this is when we split off from Barb, before meeting back up for lunch. Went up the North Face lift which is a t-bar. Here you will find some really interesting stuff, you can take many routes, trees, chutes, and some open faces. Snow in the North Face was nice and soft. Make no mistake though, you will find rocks available for a base grind almost anywhere. tomorrows activities will include some stuff off the high lift, i think, depending on what todays sun does to the snow in that area. Looks like the reset button gets pressed sometime tomorrow when the snow rolls in, and should continue into saturday i think. after lunch we ran some groomers over to the umbrella bar, and relaxed in the sun. A quick easy groomer back to the base and right on the bus back to town. no lunch pic Doug, but we are taking Barb out for dinner tonight, so maybe a few snaps latter on tonight.

Great day today! And Dan forgot to mention we got in line at 8:45 and got first chair. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Short but fun travel day session for me. Being the jackass that I am I ended up, first run, on a double black "extreme" run called forest. Probably not the best choice for run number one but skied it semi ok...Pics below. Did a few more off the silver queen chair...more tame stuff, until close. I can't wait until tomorrow to ski the full day. This place is awesome.

Was a great day today! I remembered that epic keeps your stats so I looked it up and I got 17 runs in, which is much more then I usually do. The legs don’t feel too beat up but my stupid broken foot is talking to me. After some ice it feels better hopefully tomorrow will be ok. Lunch pic for Doug. Obligatory Paradise Bowl shot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@toast21602 and I are halfway across the Atlantic as we try to outrun the sunset. It’s been a long day so far and it’s hard to believe that yesterday we were sitting on multiple decks drinking multiple beers getting bronzed up like golden ski gods. We didn’t take the decision to leave lightly. I was in the worst spot, as the other two were already connecting via LHR which was one of the few airports that non-US citizens would be allowed to travel through. There is a real chance of sweeping cancelations for direct flights from other European cities as the only people permitted on those flights would be US citizens returning home. They’d be flying nearly empty planes. While we could have chosen to stay, it would’ve really dampened the mood, it would’ve been on our minds the entire time. It would’ve been hard to have fun wondering what might happen. Gotta know when to cash out 🤷‍♂️

you use skitoolive's camera? 🤣

Off to Paradise bowl to start then Teocali Bowl later. LFG!

Never let someone else control an outcome you can otherwise control. I’ll choose near certainty over guaranteed uncertainty.

Yup. Meat has been purchased. Meat will be cooked.

North Face. Goal of the day for me was to not eat shit on the t-bar. Goal accomplished. Some real nice stuff off north face. Steeps, trees, rocks, and chutes. stopped to see Rambo. Not sure pic does it justice. at least i think that pic is rambo. I had to hold my arm up and over the edge to get the pic.

Done with day 1. Great skiing again with Barb. Visibilty was an issue for most of the day. 1st thing it was better up top, then the clouds moved up, went a little lower, was better still a little flat. Right as we went in for lunch it started snowing. After lunch it was sunny for a bit then got socked in again. So lots of different weather conditions today. Snow was really good all day, just got a touch sticky towards the end. Majority of the snow in the trees i went to play in was decent, but i did find some stuff that had been softened and refrozen. Doubtful we will see much sun this trip, some snow tonight and tomorrow am, and it looks like possibly some significant snow friday night into saturday. barb and i left about 3, Dom is getting a few runs in to close.

Darla FTW

Intend to be there both days. No grilling, saving it for Gaper Day

The parking lot will still be there the 22nd. Just might not be able to ski if they're closed.

That’s just speculation from @Benm

Chillin at the umbrella bar to cap off an amazing ski day.

This would actually be the best exit strategy for Blue this year. A great excuse not to have a party, close early and perhaps use freed up money to honor $399 passes.

why would an airline call me? "feel like flying today dan?"

Sad to leave, especially on these terms, but this place is so beautiful.

We're all out of here today via LHR. @toast21602 and I are going to EWR on UA, and @KevinThomas is going to PHL.

Probably don’t try and go to Italy tomorrow if you’re skiing zermat. And drink more wine and beer. Alcohol kills germs, right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for all the concern everyone. We're working on it.

A little socked in today. Moving around to find some good light. Snow is really nice.

Travel day. uneventful flights. Gunnison airport is a lot like Jackson Hole, tiny little airport with like 2 gates. Barb met me at the airport for a quick ride to her place at Crested Butte. Went for a nice walk around town, which is a really cool place. looks like some periodic snow in the forecast, with some warmer temps mixed in. Might be some decent snowfall for Friday night. This is what you get when you stay with Barb. I forget what this is called, but it was awesome. Ba Dom arrives tomorrow, Barb and I will be at the mountain tomorrow for opening. Cant wait to check this place out.

You’ll be happy to know the only questions the CBP officer collecting the receipts asked were about running. Apparently he just signed up for a 50K. What Coronavirus?!

Wonderful dinner at Ryce Asian Bistro. Dan and I had the 14er which is chicken, beef, shrimp and scallops. Probably my new favorite meal there Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Apple hill?

Interesting fact: last area opened on the east coast that wasn't a reopening of a formerly closed area was Whitetail, in 1991. Anyways, I decided to keep up this project. Here is lost area #2: Belle Mountain outsider Lambertville, NJ.

Barb thanks for the lunch pic.

There will be a guy driving around in a mule that says otherwise.

You guys made the right call. Got the goods and got out of Dodge. Well done.

This

https://youtu.be/7hx4gdlfamo

i thought the guide was edge...

Amazing afternoon. Barb hit up some bump runs off of the Teocali lift while Dan and I rode the T bar and took two runs on the North face (double slab and north face). Awesome experience back there. Very steep open rock face areas with lots of nice pow stashes still. Some very tight trees too depending on the route you take.

Of course I did. But the guys insist on taking me out tonight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for thinking of me!!

Society is crumbling. Anarchy is on the horizon @vtmark. Tonight I'm taking the rest of my savings out and going to the casino, where I'll lose $5 and then put my savings back in. Then I'll drop bank on some strippers (paint strippers for my deck). Maybe I'll even buy Fun Dip. It's gonna be a grate night. Gotta live like we're dying.

The format of the date looks like a sudoku puzzle.... With no skiing pass I plan to tour up mt bleu will need a cold beer - a haiku written by skiincy

Hammertime!

Odd. You just told us a a few weeks ago how good the economy was. Lipstick on a pig.

Oh gotcha when I first saw the post in the middle of the night I sort of thought it was another Doug. Anyway whether I pay $399 or $429 for season pass isn’t even in the top 99 of my problems. Blue being closed Tuesday to Friday of this week is and seeing 2/3 of my FB newsfeed filled with corona virus posts is a real stoke stomper. It’s been so warm I had to bring my beer from my car into the hotel house. I just saw a ladybug and not even talking about the movie..we are heading into a recession..and I’m almost out of printer ink..it’s bananas..but there’s still skiing to be had for two more weekends.

Crested Butte website is saying 1-3 inches overnight. Looks like sleet fell in town. Should be a bit more clear out today than it was yesterday. Should be fun!

It’s not their problem at all

For you aviation nerds following along, I’ll check off two firsts on my flight from Geneva to Heathrow. It’s my first time flying Swiss, and my first time on an Airbus A220 (formerly known as the Bombardier C-series). Not even a bronze lining, though.

Its in the middle of a neighborhood. There are houses right across the street. Very interesting. snow has moved in. Loaded baked potato lunch and back out for some more. No cell service on the mountain.