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Right, right, right. Hearing that one rides just for fun after he was thoroughly logging every skiing half day all winter long is very much believable.

Hi GSS. How's that group trip to JH going this year? You promised to take me with you.

How was your summer? Were "best bikers of this site" asses got kicked after all or what?

I did find myself a bit out of shape though, and that's troubling. The opening was awesome, I started on 158cm slaloms, and fell in love with them again. Actually remembered why I bought them. Then switched to wider/longer after the break and realized to my great fear that they're too fast for my old bones. I lack the comforting air brakes that Doug enjoys and the brain that allows Jeff to switch with that lightening speed. I have no idea how I skied these sticks last year and survived. Must've been bad influence of this site. Definite need a new pair. More moderate, less bold and mean.

Oh wow. Did somebody wake up on the wrong side of the bed today or was it wrong bed altogether? Couch maybe? I was singing praises to the great Blue if you haven't noticed. Hey, I was expecting worse and was postponing my VIP visit till I couldn't wait any more. And Blue didn't disappoint! It's like they've actually read my mind. All the best trails like Paradise, Lazy, Burma and Vista are 100% ready. No that icy crap called Razor or reconditioned Sidewinder. Only pure gold. Ask Jeff if you don't believe. He wouldn't ski junk trails, and I've seen him blessing Paradise today.

Glad I came here today. So many opportunities for hiking!

Real cuties

And the relationship between the two is...

Consequences of the last night storm. Usually this basin is dry and grassy. But not today!

Yeah, there wouldn't be any reports if you didn't say back then on the lift that Arapahoe Basin would be open in the middle of May.

I'm awesome at parking! One wheel in the air!

What's a Pali lift? Not the one on the rhs of the front leading to double diamonds?? You really wish me well, don't you?

The coverage on the back side gets thinner by the day. No wonder it's the last day for Zuma. Even though they groomed overnight, there are rocks all over the place. Yesterday before noon there were none.

Peer pressure Yeah I just refilled at the upper lodge and am heading over to the other side. Yesterday after 3 there were hardly any people, but attendants have slowed down the lift to a crawl. That made it unskiable.

Hmm, shall I go to the other side or shall I stay here? I could go, but there is that jerry lift in the way... Maybe ski up instead? Way less people everywhere that yesterday, btw.

Fuck. Just did a 360 over somebody. He crashed and slid in front of me, I tried to stop, hit him flat with the skis, flew head first, crashed feet first, somehow have some neck pain, so possibly not exactly feet first, but miraculously everybody has walked away.

Loads of chipmunks running around on the snow under the lifts. Occasionally a hawk shows up but I'm yet to see it attempting to grab those chipmunks.

Another beautiful and sunny day. It's all groomed up again, having trouble picking the best run to take. And it seems like today is the last day for the back slopes.

The grand plan for today is: - 8am skiing - 1pm checking out - 6pm catching a flight

The price of the Paradise is only $400K. Wow.

And it's started to rain. Hopefully not radiactive.

Yeah right. Plenty of enticing menus in other dead windows too. I'll have to go with what I snatched from the nearby "grocery store". Am afraid to drive to Silverthorne. What if it's the same there too?? Feels like camping after an apocalypse.

You're forgetting that I'm from a different continent

Aliens came and kidnapped all people around leaving goods in the windows, unfinished games, scattered chairs. The food is a problem, btw ;). Spotted a chain of curious signs... Sure, they lead into nowhere too. The aliens have taken all the snow too.

Keystone is D-E-A-D.