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There are plenty of runs on the Mary Jane side my friends and I call “non committal bumps.” One side bumped up and anytime you want to bail just move over to other side of trail that is non bumped. I have been forcing myself to try them more and more this season. I still suck at them, but am no longer scared of them. Give it a try.

There was a PT on one of my meetup hikes this summer. She works in Vail and said that the new trend is to get people doing Pt very soon after surgeries. Most of her patients have their operations in Vail and come for Pt the very next day. Good luck with your recovery. I feel like a positive attitude is half the battle and sounds like you have that covered.

Winter Park has a lot of fun terrain. You could definitely spend 3 days there. They don’t groom much. Mid week should be pretty empty. Enjoy!

Great pictures.

Antman so sorry. Injuries are so frustrating. Heal up quick. I enjoyed all your reports and pictures.

Parsenn Bowl is fun and has great views.

You are right, that’s why I said everyone should go there to check it out. For me the town just feels phony. It’s a real town, not like Vail, but I personally don’t like the vibe there. I am glad you enjoy your time there. Like I said, it’s is a beautiful area and I still hope to ski there someday.

I have never skied Aspen but would like to. I disagree about the town. Each time I go I get more and more put off. I LOVE the area and the hiking but would not stay in Aspen proper again if I had my choice. Basalt, Carbondale, Redstone are all better choices in my opinion. But everyone should go to Aspen at least once just to check it out. Keep up the reports with pics TP4 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That guy Zane is from Avalon, NJ. Splits his time between Aspen and NJ. We have a Taste of Philly here in Boulder. Used to get food there often when we moved here since it reminded the kids of home. That is until one night we all got food poisoning from the chicken Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You could be like this guy. Taken at Denver airport (not by me) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The buddy passes are now only 20% off window rates and the pass holder has to be there to use them. No more printing them out, sadly.

What does it say about me that I saw this title (authored by Doug) and didn’t think it was about skiing?

Better shot of the competition wall with someone on it for scale. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Woke up this morning feeling pretty sore. Since today was my free clinic I decided to let my friend use it since she had not signed up for any and was just using the free wall. I did a few routes on the free wall today. There was a competition goin gin that I watched for a while. Those athletes did some insane moves! Competition route. Ice, then rock, then more ice, then man made holds. Next year we may skip the festival and hire a private instructor for a day, then climb ourselves a day. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I am taking his clinic tomorrow. I asked if I could have a free one because of what happened last year. They agreed but said I had to take it with him again. I think he will be more careful about his belay partner this year. And thanks mixiplix, I don’t feel very badass when I am doing it. I find it very challenging, much harder than rock climbing, for me anyway.

Ahhh another year at the ice fest. Was great to break up the trip staying in CB first. Left nice and early this morning to make sure we got a spot at the top lot and so we got a good spot in line at the demo tents. After getting my crampons and tools I decided to also demo a very warm Rab puffy. Took it off for climbing but when belaying or standing around had it on and it made all the difference. Very cold today. Three of us were on time and ready for the clinic, the other 3 people showed up 10 min late and did not have on their harness or crampons on. How fucking annoying! Then we descended into the gorge. That is always super sketchy. At the bottom looking what we just came down. I belayed 3 people before I climbed, so my arms were tired when I started. I had a hard time with my first climb and didn’t get very high. Second one was better but still not great. I’m calling today a warm up day and hopefully tomorrow I will get higher and be more relaxed. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Got in line at 8:54. Busy day on a Thursday. We got 2nd chair off Silver Queen lift. Visibility was near zero at the top and not much better by the time we got to Paradise Bowl. Did 2 runs off Paradise and you really couldn’t see shit until you were 2/3 way down. We then headed over to Easy River lift thinking since it’s lower we would have better visibility. It wasn’t much better there but good enough. Black Eagle off that lift was ROTD. Snowed overnight and there was untouched 3” on top of groomed....perfection. Not the push piles and chop of Monday (although that was still fun). Ended up w 7 runs total as we had to get back. Packing up now to head off to Ouray soon. Ps. It was freezing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Getting? I think you should all just move out here and we change the name to COskiANDride.

Few snaps from around town Mountain porn from our hike this morning. Was -9 when I woke up. Warmed up to zero when we hiked. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

For you yes. For me I will stick to the mellower stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now that I finally learned how not to ski in the backseat and my legs don’t ache after 5 runs..... yes! But my hiking stats are suffering. Lol

But can you tell me which polo shirt you were wearing at the time?

I love it here. Probably snowshoeing tomorrow so I can include the dog in the day’s activities. Maybe ski the morning Thursday before we head down to Ouray for part 2 of our adventure week.

Today was day 20 for me and it was A freaking mazing! Webcam showed 3” from 4pm yesterday of new snow. But it snowed pretty much all day here yesterday so there was lots of goods to be had! When I asked this morning what shuttle the girls wanted to take, 2 of them said they are not first chair people. I have never skied with them before surprisingly but spend a lot of time with them doing other activities. When they gave me that answer I almost banned hem from the house! Luckily, the last girl is a first chair person so we left early. Zero and I mean zero lift lines. Day after a holiday was a score! Took the Silver Queen up and went down to Paradise Bowl, which is my favorite. Always holds a lot of snow. Did 3 runs off of that and headed to the east river lift. Did another 3 there and tried to get over to the Umbrella Bar but took a wrong turn and ended up back at he base. Went up again and found it. Had some lunch and did another handful of runs around there. That terrain is really mellow and groomed (first groomed stuff we hit all day). Was nice to give the legs a break. Last pic was back in town. Probably my best day of the season so far. Conditions could not have been better. Was about 12 degrees all day but felt warmer since the sun came out. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Just took my dog on a walk. Seems like everybody has their roof shoveled but all the porches have snow. Most more than mine. I saw a red fox too walking down Main Street. Didn’t have my phone. Be prepared for lots of CB pictures. It’s like a postcard here.