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Woot! Skied winter park today. It’s day 5 of my 12 days of Christmas vacation. I woke up at 7am and checked ikon for potential reservations. I suppose people cancelled overnight so I snagged a reservation for today. Not gonna lie though. I looked at the weather and thought - shit. This looks miserable. Temp at 11, wind gust at 25 mph, and cloud cover at 80%. When I asked @Schif, do you think this will be miserable? He told me to go for it. While driving over Berthoud Pass, I was like - wtf - why did I listen to him? I arrived around 10:30. Parked in my typical G lot spot. Hopped on the beer cans and got to the base. Thought about taking the gondola but the line was craaaaay-zee. So, I took the Arrow Lift (2x). In the past 24 hours, there was 6” of fresh snow and people were hypedddd about the fresh powder. when I finally made my first run around 10:30, it was tracked out powder... but still fun. I can’t complain. After Arrow, I did laps on Prospector Express (4x) and laps on Eskimo Express (6x). I ended up doing about 11k of vert over 3 hours. The snow on Engledive had me 😍 While waiting in line I heard a voice that I thought I recognized. I foooooor sure I thought I heard VP elect Kamala Harris behind me in line. But, it wasn’t. It was a mirage. Although, I wonder what my reaction would have been if I saw VP Mike Pense at Vail. Recordless. I ended the day on Hughes & Little Pierre and it was so fun. 😍 thought these pics were funny. Hope you all are getting after it and chasing the snow too.

Theres a few that allow it. I just checked uphill policy at like Loveland, Eldora, and others in CO. It looks like they have a little more restrictions and delayed uphill policy until after the new year. I would love it if Blue had an open uphill policy.

Skied Abasin this morning with my brother. Arrived at 8:30. The lifts were spinning and we were 4th row in the lot at the base. ABasin may have changed affiliations a few times but I appreciate that you can park at the base and the cell & WiFi reception is the same as it was 20 years ago (aka, non existent) i love skiing on Christmas. Lines are short and the people are all decent skiers. This was the line at Black Mountain Express at 11am. I’ve seen recirculated pics of long lines with no distancing in place... but I just want to show it’s not everywhere. We have a tradition of skiing on Christmas Day. Previous years it’s been Solitude, Keystone, Wolf Creek, Durango, and others. Obligatory Christmas photo for mom. We skied for about 2 hours because we have a Christmas dinner to prep. It was an absolute gorgeous bluebird groomer day. As the sun started to hit the snow, it warmed up and was even better. We winded the day with the Christmas brunch of pb&j and Colorado brews. On the drive down Loveland Pass, there was a small group with a grill cooking Christmas brunch and a tiny Christmas tree. I’m not sure what next year will bring but I’m hoping to keep with Christmas tradition. merry christmas, all!

Thanks should be a good season. for the rest of December, the reservations may be last minute since they’re all full right now. may do some touring adventures with friends or just uphill at resorts to get a workout in. January will be Utah. For February, I’m looking at Big Sky but we’ll see.

I skied Copper yesterday. No lines and plenty of space. But, it was like 9 degrees and windy. Did about 8k of vert in under 2 hours. It was my first day out so I took it slow. I didn’t take any photos on the mountain but this pic on 70 can give you an idea. Today, I skiied Winter Park. It was a blue bird day. Got about 12k in about 3 hours. To start, I parked in the free lot G (that’s me in the black SUV). Then, I strolled over to the Cabriolet lift (beer can lift) to hit the village. It was great to not have to take a shuttle bus. A couple of the lifts like Sunnyside, Challenger, Super Gauge Express, and the Gondola had 10 minute waits, everything else I pretty much skied right up to. If there was a line, I just opted for the slower 2 seater lift versus the express. It was easy to avoid the lines. Above is line of Super Guage Express, but just to the right is Pony Express and it had zero wait. It doesn’t take you as far up but got my skis back on the snow faster. The runs were mostly empty and easy to avoid, which felt like a sharp contrast to the Schuylkill River Trail in Philly. Ducked into some of the trees. Not much powder but it was good to practice the variability. the sun started to set and the shade rolled in around 3pm. Made it chillier but still fun to cruise down the runs as it begun to empty out. tomorrow is an ABasin morning ski..

I taught yoga for a few years, up until 2018, at CorePower Yoga.. I'm not sure if I would be able to keep a straight face for Mt Bleu parking lot yoga. There were a couple memorable days.. like the shirtless Zack Ertz day and the days a "small" group of 87'ers showed up to yoga together. But, I don't know. Watching PASR parking lot yoga may rival it for "memorable".

same @GrilledSteezeSandwich You can't please everyone. Should have bought a pass rather than complaining on facebook pages.

It was good to see everyone. It was not good to wash the mop, Wally. He was filthy dirty from hanging in the parking lot crew.

They're a lean resort. Give them a break. We're so use to having information at our finger tips. Roll with the punches.

Was by the Philly art museum last night The snowflakes were huge

You're no fun.

haha. true. Although name tags or personalized parking spots w/your screennames would be great. They paved the lot..right? I'll bring the chalk.

PS: @Schifhasn't allowed me to trimmy trim his mop.... PPS: Mike called you all dogs?

skiing on christmas is the best! Without any kids, I've had a riutal of skiing with my brother and his fiancé. We've done Wolf Creek, Alta, Loveland, and others. Crowds are low, especially in the morning. This year, hoping to ski Arapahoe Basin on Christmas Day before my blackout days kick in.

I don't have a beagle... but I have a puppy who is fluffy and super cute. He'll be at the parking lot on Saturday and makes a great photo op if anyone needs a new tinder profile pic.

Thanks for sharing! It's good. Glad to see some east coast love. Katie Burrell might be one of my favorites lately. I love Dream Job but I'm sucker for romcoms. Still Solo is pretty funny.

I wonder if people at Vail corporate even know about JFBB 😂

I just threw up in my mouth.

How difficult is it to get a fake id & Botox that says I’m under 22?

This might be the first time that someone recommended Beaver Creek and JF/BB in the same breath ...

This is awesome. Jones is great. @Barb- I’ll be in Colorado for about two+ weeks in December at least. If you ever want a partner to skin & get your legs moving, low angle stuff, let me know

They’re $200. Here’s a pic. im hoping to pick one up on Sunday morning. If you’re somewhere between Philly and Big Boulder, let me know if you want me to pick one up for you. otherwise, message the guy who posted about it to coordinate. for dimensions: Standing up, it’s 100” tall. 44” wide, and is about 32”front to back. You can feet 2 comfortably leaning on the tailgate of a full size pick up with at least a 6 ft bed.

It was a side hustle that I ran while working full-time. It was pretty fun when it was on E! and worked with some cool clients Sold it in January 2015 to a company in dallas I do some upholstery gigs on the side but nothing formal for now

hmm.. interesting. I love chairs with character. I have seats from the vet on my back deck. And, use to own a company that was focused on cool chairs. I'll shoot you a DM @Scotvhlvr20