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Wow they don’t mess around at these women’s clinics. Skied bell to bell with a short break for lunch. I was able to take my phone out once super quick for a few pics. It they really keep you moving. 3 different instructors said they didn’t like the way my boots fit and after the lesson had me go to the boot doctor near the mountain. The guy was flabbergasted that I had a full size too small. Told him that’s what the boot guy in Boulder does. He is keeping the boots overnight and gonna try and stretch the plastic. We shall see tomorrow. But my feet were absolutely killing me after skiing all day. So if his adjustment doesn’t work I may have to bite the bullet and just buy a new pair. Which sucks cause I just got these last season. But the instructors said the boots were affecting my form so guess maybe I have to. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ouray to Silverton is definitely beautiful. First time I did that drive was on the back of the motorcycle and was blown away. And Doug I have only been to Durango once and was not impressed. But it was at the end of a week long motorcycle trip and I was kinda cranky. After 6 days of cool summer mountain temps we rolled into Durango and it was 90 degrees. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have only skied here once. Doing a 3 day women’s clinic this time. The drive is such a bitch that I am sticking around the area until the 20th. If you put together a PASR trip I would definitely come. I only got the base Epic Pass as I didn’t think I would use Telluride. Regretting that now, probably would have paid for the upgrade just in these 3 days.

In Telluride the next few days. Pics to come..... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Came with 2. One sun and one low light Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have the same and love them.

I took AIARE 1 (3 days) and companion rescue (1day) last season. I do keep it mellow and low angle. Our group had good communication and we did evaluations of the snow pack on the way up in addition to checking the avalanche report this morning. What we did today was steep for me but based on our evaluations it was relatively safe. I have no interest in being a hero on crazy stuff. It’s more about just being outside, getting a good workout in, and looking at gorgeous scenery with very few people around.

My go to ski buddy is out of town so I hooked up with some skiers from a backcountry FB group. Went back to the spot I tried a few weeks ago. Much better visibility today. There was tons of powder which we were all surprised by since it has been so windy. The guy in our group was very familiar with the area and had us skin up a pretty steep section that left us all winded. I told him to show me the mellowest line as I knew I was in over my head. The girl had a slope meter on her phone and measured it at 32 degrees. Not sure how a accurate it was knee deep powder and trees, although loose, made it a heart pumping challenge for me. Our run was completely untouched, gotta day it was pretty amazing. Only way to get better at skiing is do things that scare you I guess. Goal achieved today! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Jerry of the day candidate? Seen in Boulder, Iowa plates. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Haven’t been to Abasin since Christmas Eve. Pass blacked out for holidays, plus I want to save my last 3 days there for late season. Things gettin freshened up now, new storm rolling through.

Top of Zuma. Beautiful sunny day. Crowds starting to pick up. They are scanning at mid mountain because they said people skinning up are cheating. It is slowing everything down. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Damn @Mixilplix glad you are ok. I almost got plowed over by a snowboarder in the lift line yesterday. Was 2 back from loading and a boarder slammed into me, his board on top of my skis with his boot right up against the back of mine. Don’t know how I didn’t fall since I didn’t see it coming. He just quietly said sorry after I turned around and yelled, “Yo what the fuck!”

Arapahoe Basin was fun today. I was surprised it wasn’t busier. My son convinced me to do the backside off the Zuma lift. Those runs are marked blue, but they feel pretty freaking steep to me. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

-7 here in Winter Park. 3 runs and I am already inside de-thawing my toes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Chilling pic of an inbound avalanche at Steamboat. Pit visible where ski patrol dug out buried person. Terrain was closed, they shouldn’t have even been there. (Not my picture) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The day started out normal Crested Butte cold at 0 degrees. Got to the mountain about 9:10, no rush since I knew it would not be busy. But I had no idea it would be SO empty! I was hardly even seeing people on the lifts. Top of Silver Queen Top of Paradise Bowl Found some interesting ungroomed stuff. Slow going but fun. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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My friend and I checked out a new area in the Indian Peaks Wilderness today. We had read it was super mellow and dog friendly. The weather was supposed to be partly sunny and not start snowing on the east side of the divide until evening. By the time we drove through the canyon it was snowing hard and very windy. Going up the snow covered dirt road to access our spot the wind picked up and the visibility was poor. We got there about 8 and there was another group about to skin in. We chatted for a bit about route options. I am glad someone else was there because it just felt better knowing someone else would be out there. Once we got in the trees the wind was tolerable. Skinned 1.75 miles in to an open area. There were several options. Some heartier souls kept going up to the ridge above us. It was a steep climb and the wind was whipping again since we were out of the trees. There was also a line below us that looked good, but we would have had to skin back up it to get out. We chose to just transition and go the way we came. Went through some tight trees but the grade was mellow. When I go back in nicer conditions I will play around some more. Some old mining cabin ruins. Open are where I am pointing out the guys on the ridge. On the way out there was some uphill. We couldn’t remember how much of that there was so at first we just kind of herringboned up it. That was gettin pretty tiring and we came across another group. We asked them if they thought it was worth it to put skins back on and they said absolutely. So skins went back on and we continued the last 1/2 mile or so to the car. Overall a stellar day out despite the weather. Of course the sun came out about 5 min before we reached the car. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Still don’t know how you make that drive so often. I still have nightmares about how brutal it was on a Friday night.

Fun day at Eldora today. Did not ski a groomed trail all day so legs are kinda tired. Sunny skies, no wind. And the Indian buffet in Nederland is always tasty after skiing! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You got me.

I think it’s great that ski2live is committed to getting his kids out skiing, especially since he seems to be on a tight budget. That being said....ski2live you need to proofread things before you hit post. A lot of your comments lately sound bad on many levels. You can do better.

Heading to CB Tuesday, cannot wait! They just opened Paradise Bowl. Look at these non existent mid week lift lines. (Drool) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

To be honest, I think you did! Couldn’t bring myself to drive with the hordes of people to Eldora today but knew I wanted to get out. It takes a lot of snow to fill in where I was skiing, so doubtful it will happen again soon.

Ok Doug, if you say it’s legit I will count it.