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Some fresh snow pics for stoke

Had an excellent burger and a steam shower. After some more stretching I will be good!

So my tree guy absolutely flaked out on me. Contracted him to do finish work back in August including splitting all my cut trees into firewood. He told me a week ago he couldn’t do it until spring. Everyone sold out of firewood around here so my husband and I decided to try and tackle it ourselves. pile available logs on left are from 2 summers ago and ready to be split. I wasn’t brave enough to try the chainsaw. But I did split some with the axe until I kind of missed and almost hit my foot. My husband split about 1/2 of what we cut with the axe. I also bought a log splitter. I admit, log splitter was very satisfying We worked for 5 hours with a small break and I don’t even think we got a cord done. There was a large rock in the wood pile that husband hit. So we can’t do any more till he sharpens the blade.

We left from the commuter lot in Golden at 9 and had zero traffic. Once we hit Berthoud Pass, the roads got icy and it was snowing hard. Winter Park allowed free parking I guess since it’s early season so we got a close in spot. My friend was not wearing enough layers. So since I made the last minute call to wear my insulated ski pants I took off my base layers and let her use them. We knew the lines would be long but when we rounded the corner and saw just how long we were both like, “fuck.” They had 3 lifts running. 2 were kind of bullshit lifts that didn’t get you very far, but I do appreciate their effort to spread things out. The Arrow lift was the main one, a fixed grip triple. I had never taken it before. The snow was surprisingly really really good! A few icy spots but mostly about 2+ inches of fresh snow on whatever they had blown. One dicey spot where the runs come together onto a catwalk. Lots of people falling and for some reason just stopping here. We did 3 runs, the longest lift wait was 43 minutes. Overall I was just very happy to be on snow and the crowd had a happy vibe. Even spotted a microwave.

as @JFskiDansaid embrace the chaos. Will post a report later

I tried these this morning. I’m, wow, I suck. 😂. Especially the bad knee. Amazing how after 8 months there is still a strength deficit.

Depends; I am a creature of habit. Don’t like going outside my 5 mile square box in Boulder to get all my errands run. My gym is not the most well run. Yesterday I showed up at 7:30 and whoever was supposed to open I guess was too hungover. I waited until 8:15 then left. I was annoyed.

Holy crap. My healed broken knee hurts just watching that 😂. Seriously though, thanks. Always looking for ski prep stuff. I do think you are just a fit beast with alien genetics and that’s why you don’t get sore or tired, you weirdo!

Ha! I looked at those, really expensive. But yeah, would love it if my gym would buy one.

wow I wish my gym had this! Lol. It would be nice to not feel like I am having a heart attack early season skinning.

Got out in the cross country skis at Brainard Lake today. Coverage was horrible and I definitely scratched them. But they are over 15 years old and I had a good time. Skied the woods for the first mile dodging lots of rocks and branches. Then we popped out into the unplowed road. That was much more pleasant as we could actually glide. @AtomicSkier need to update 22/23 on the stats page please

WROD at Arapahoe Basin starting this Sunday. #stoke

Checked out the natural hot springs in the side of the road near Marble today. It’s a funky spot. Water either scalding hot, or Luke warm. Middle of the day a girl arrived and decided she just needed to be naked. Made sure she walked around a lot so everyone could admire the goods. Was kind of weird. Random people in pics. No I didn’t take a picture of the naked girl.

per Chris Tomer 😍

Nice day out on the rock. approach hike Natalie Jeff Me. Didn’t tip out any any of my routes, but arms already sore so good workout at least.

I think you have to just toss it. I have tried to donate older helmets before but they always say after 5+ years the material breaks down and they won’t accept them. Or if you are artsy put some flowers in it? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dropped my skis off at the shop to get tuned today. Gotta be ready

Couple shots from around Marble this weekend. Colors still looking nice. morning dog walks at sunrise are always scenic.

Dan and I watched that movie in CB. I wanted a cheesy ski movie and that fit the bill perfectly.

Copper mountain started making snow today. First in CO

Love my Atomic Hawx boots. They were comfortable right out of the box

Ever notice how the people walking around the casinos are mostly obese, have walkers and oxygen tanks to breathe? It’s like the biggest concentration of unhealthy people in one place.

Really nice! Builder has about 2 more weeks of finish work that he will bust out when I leave for the weekend. Been coming up last few weeks to move stuff in. It’s so quiet and peaceful up here. I don’t have to see people if I don’t want to which I admit is nice sometimes. Tree guy has a few more days of clean up scheduled. And is going to cut this huge pile into firewood for me.

Colors looking real nice in Marble right now. Higher peaks got some snow overnight.

Haven’t felt like doing anything hard since I have been home. Got my SUP out for the first time this season yesterday. Panda enjoyed himself immensely