Barb

Took out the XC skis today. Beautiful day to be outside. Even if it was 5 degrees and windy.

That looks terrifying

Neither. Gonna be a shit show the next few days. Prob cross country ski over the weekend.

We got some snow overnight

First time on skis

Were he words I heard being yelled all morning at Eldora. All the mountains got hammered overnight. Since our place in Winter Park is rented out, had to settle for a morning at Eldora. 11" of new snow, I'd say about 8" was overnight. First day I have skied in powder. Considered just binging my board instead of the skis but I have to learn some time. Wow, if my form was bad before, it was awful in powder. I could barely keep my skis together. Seemed to always have a rogue leg going in its own direction. Started to get the hang of things after a few runs but couldn't stay long, had to cut out at 11. A few pics

I used to watch Cecily Tynan when I lived back east. I couldn't stand to watch her talk out of the side of her mouth.

^ I do too. It's early in the season, maybe she will show up soon.

Beautiful empty morning at Eldora. 37 degrees and sunshine, felt like summer

Snow in town al melted yes. I came home a month ago to visit some colleges with my oldest. That was enough for me.

It's been so windy in the mountains all week. They said it would die down today. Just checked weather at Eldora and still expecting 35mph sustained winds most of the day. They clocked gusting winds of 86mph west of Boulder already this morning. Guess I am waiting till Friday with the rest of the crowds. On the plus side mountains got another foot of snow this wk

You are hard core. Dont think I ever did a day trip to JFBB before from Cape May county.

Beautiful day at Winter Park with light crowds. Was pretty cold so i only took my gloves off once.

Thats exactly why I didn't head up this weekend.

Check out Johnny Seesaw's for dinner when you are in the area. Great food and a huge fireplace in the middle of the restaurant. I have never had a bad meal there.

I took my kids to Bromley one year. They were pretty young so we didn't explore much if the mountain. From what I remember most of the trails end at the same place at the main lift from the base. Pretty impossible go get lost, so great if you have to keep track of kids. Think they have good tree skiing as well. We liked Stratton much better. A lot more to do in the village, longer runs, more variety.

The beach side isn't as bad as the bay side, although I think the bay side campsites are nicer.

Well shit. Winter Park was SUPPOSED to open today. I was planning on going up for the day Friday. As of this morning website says opening Saturday. WTF!

Yay snow!

Thought I would take advantage of the beautiful close to full moon tonight and go for a hike. I was just starting to wonder how I was the only one on the trail since it was so warm and inviting out. Then I spotted another headlamp in the trail below me but quickly realized it wasn't a headlamp; they were eyes. A small bear but I thought mama bear may be nearby so I got out of there looking behind me and freaking myself out the entire way down.

Started the hike at NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) in south Boulder. Hiked the Mesa trail to Chautauqua, also in Boulder. The west side of town has a great network of trails.

Perfect hiking weather this morning.

Its $10 to get in and u have access for 3 days. A yearly pass is $55 but in winter they close the gate and don't maintain the road so it's not worth it for me. Gate will prob be closing for the winter in a few weeks. You can access it from other free areas but this time of year the road is pretty sketchy. It's actually pretty sketchy in July, but passable.

Since my pass was still good spent another beautiful morning in the IPW. So many lakes up there. Picturesque but very windy today.

Was an icy hike in the Indian peaks Wilderness today.