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4/18/21... Abasin day 6 of 6. Likely last day of the skison. Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Abasin. I woke up around 4am today with a pretty bad headache. I’ve suffered from some altitude sickness this trip. I’ve had it worse in the past with sinus issues in addition to headache/ear issues and lack of appetite. A part of me wanted to sleep in as there’s no new snow but by how early the crowds descended on Loveland yesterday, I needed to get moving or I’d be parked in Kansas. I packed up my suite at the hampton inn and left housekeeping a $10 tip(I had do not disturb sign up the whole 6 nights)...I had plenty of towels and didn’t really shower that much anyway. Was out of the hotel by 8am and in the frigid lot at Abasin by 820am still a few rows of parking left in the early riser lot. Booted up and on the black mountain express in the first wave of people. Took a fast groomer first then back up BMX to Lenawee and had to be single digits on the upper mountain with more clouds than sun. Skied powerline still a little untracked but was stiffer than the last two days likely from the wind. Then took lenawee again shortish liftline..just amazing how especially this season people get to the hill early. Took the rope tow over to montezuma, stopped in the woods for a safety break. I bought three pre rolled joints the first day of the trip and pretty much smoked a half of one per ski day. Don’t cry for me, I went HAM on edibles, I ate like seven 100mg packs of gummies in six days....woooo Went back to the front face, skied to the base of Pali, up Pali chair and did Davis again which I skied the first two days of the trip. My head was hurting I was hot and cold...I was mainly trying to end the season Uninjured and I dialed it back a little which made me more tired. It was only like 1045 when I boarded the beavers chair and was thinking time to cash in my chips for the trip. Skied another top to bottom on the front face with a stop in the woods to ski then skied back to my row in the parking lot...of course even though the early riser lot was closed there were people driving around looking for spaces. Within on minute of returning to my car somebody asked me if I was leaving..I just said no. Debooted, packed my ski bag up..hit the vape a few times and took the scenic route back to Denver over Loveland pass. The drive back to Denver was uneventful..took an hour exactly to get to the Hyatt place by the airport as I watched the temperature rise from the low 20s to the upper 50s with some snow on the ground until right outside of Denver. Got gas, just under $40 worth and was lucky to get early checkin at the Hyatt place, was under $100 for the room I booked early this AM. I didnt take many pictures today and the best ones were on the drive from Abasin to Denver. All in all was a good trip with some winter weather and about half the snow I skied was untracked or lightly tracked.

Concrete set nicely. I’ll hopefully finish up the wall and installing the pavers on top of the concrete next weekend. Wayyy overshot on the concrete calculations though, guess it’s better to have a few extra bags vs not having enough.

I think this is Friday from ABasin. I’ll watch close to see if I’m in it.

I sort of need to ski another day to get ahead of BenM...

April 17th, 2021..Loveland Colorado day 5 of 6 of the Colorado skifari. I honestly didn’t feel like hustling to get ready for skiing today and the drive to Loveland on 70 isn’t as picturesque as the drive to Abasin. It was around 810am and I was in maybe the 14th row with maybe 19-20 available. A lot of folks taking their time to boot up and drinking beers. Secured my ticket for $75 and somebody by the ticket office was trying to sell tickets. It was in the mid teens and long lines for lifts one and two. Lift one at least gets you up there a little I think my wait was like ten minutes solid. Whoa mama the snow was good. It was day after a pow day conditions. Even on the old triples like the Ptarmigan lift people enthusiastically paired up but not that bad of a line there. I tried to take some pictures..it was frigid I definitely hit a few rocks as well.

Nice morning for concrete work. (Yes I know it’s very wet)

Busy and chilly morning at Loveland.

Yeah everything was done using Zoom unfortunately. Luckily they are having a small in-person commencement which will make it all seem a little more real.

It is when you get another 7" so far today and it's still snowing. It's be worth the extra time driving this weekend! There was 6" on the ground when I got back from Stowe around 4 today and another 1-2" fell since then.

Congratulations Doc Toast!!!

He's got me thinking hard about an April trip to the front range at some point