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The Sandy V’s don’t want Covid to end. There was some tweet from a doctor who had to fly today with his pregnant wife and four year old unvaccinated kid expressing his disappointment.

I’m doing my best BenM impression driving on the Blue route past Didley park rocking out to Aerosmith.

Just landed in Philly wow was it amazing once again having a skinny girl in middle seat(I’m always window) and no mask. One or two of FAs were still wearing masks and many of the TSA but they’re mostly minorities. Amoung the passengers, men my age least likely and a lot of girls a bit younger than me and some guys probably with hairy vaginas were wearing masks plus boomer couples.

They are looking for somebody to volunteer and give up their first class seat in exchange for a middle seat economy plus. Only $500 is extra credit.

I think it depends on the person. Like 1/4 or those that live at sea level get it when going into the higher mountains but only like 6-7% of people like Barb that live at a mile high already get it. I never had a yeast infection so I have that going for me.

I think cigs might help lol look at Johnny Law he’s a beast.

Lucky let’s hope for some may snow.

It’s called elevation.

Congrats Kyle. There’s some good skiing in Virginia..check out Massanutten

Almost every trip to Colorado I get altitude sickness and I never get it in Jackson hole but the majority of the time I spend at JH is at 6k feet in the valley and usually like 8-9500k when skiing while in Colorado I stay at almost 9k feet and ski at like 10-11k+

Excellent news is masks are no longer required on most airlines. It probably will still be required in the philly airport.

Yesterday at Loveland, my ears started bugging me and I was feeling especially light headed. Just the walk from the middle of the parking lot to the ticket office had me sucking serious wind. I slept a lot last night then this morning I was dry heaving pretty bad and went back to sleep until 10am. I decided to take a rare day of today and I wasn’t that upset about it. I had five nice days including four pow days and and didn’t want to end this season feeling like poop. I left the comfort suites in silverthorne right before 11am and was at the Hyatt place by the Denver airport by 1230pm. Was just amazing I made it like four days into this trip before altitude sickness hit me. Sometimes it’s 1-2 days into the trip. I tried my best to stay hydrated and didn’t drink much alcohol this trip. So two years in a row, I have the same amount of ski days as the famous BenM. The only picture i took today was from my suite at Comfort suites before I went back to sleep. JADIP

38 degrees Inn dillon, just picked up supper from Cheba Huts. Johnny Law would be all about the fountain drink selection. They even had Hi-C and Kool Aid..

Looks cool and your dog looks to be having fun.

Still winter in the mountains. The winds are roaring today.

Day 5 of 6 April 17th, 2022 Loveland Colorado Hey All, I’m back from another fun snowy ski day. I arrived at the lot at Loveland at 820am and it was a heavy wet snow upon arrival and windy as well. It’s amazing watching how past the lot at Loveland fills up. First lift ride up Chet’s dream and wow there were a lot of Herbs out doing herb things. Don’t believe anything you hear, most of these Colorado front rangers are goobs. Then the #2 lift which had untracked pow almost top to bottom. Then lift 4, lift, lift six and lift 9. I essentially worked my way across the mountain in 5-6 runs then 1-2 runs back. One quick safety break and my ears were bugging me. No real lift lines and I skied about half untracked mostly lower angel hippie pow and steeper pitches had crusties underneath and the woods had some nasties. As it was again cold and windy, I didn’t take many pictures but I think the few I took gives an overall idea of what this mid April has been all about.

Wow snow

A little new snow.

Coverage at Copper is pretty average for this time of year and I feel like Abasin is a bit below average. @Schif and @skiincyI’m going to do my best to avoid the tunnel run tomorrow at Loveland.

Yeah that’s what it’s referred to as. The other day when it was snowing and windy and ten degrees there was quite the gathering in one of the tents.

I just purchased a Loveland ticket online for $85 for tomorrow. Looks like snow showers in the early morning hours then maybe sunshine later.

Abasin is a party now.

April 16th 2022... Copper mountain Its finally warmer out. Today began with some nice sunshine with a temperaturen in the mid 30s in Silverthorne. I left the hotel house around 820am and I was in the free parking at Copper before 840am and riding the Super Bee lift by 9am. It was a festive atmosphere at Copper mountain with a lot of families. The groomers were mostly cord but not as hero snow as Abasin..groomed a little more solid and off trail had some areas of try fresh and some sort of manky from the strong morning sun. I made my way across from west to east to ptaragjn lift, American flyer and Timberline which had really nice hero snow with the sun shining. I only took the Sierra lift once and it was chilly up in the alpine and as I made my way back across the mountain from timberline to super bee there were some large clouds and by the time I was back in Silverthorne there was full cloud cover. I’m happy to at least have had some sun and no real liftlines at Copper...I stopped at a mini market for more bottled water, iced tea and some snacks and then got Wendy’s this has to be one of the most expensive Wendy’s. I dropped $17. I’m thinking Loveland tomorrow and maybe Abasin on my last ski day Monday.

Last night I got Mexican food from a place called Chamayo, consumed more gummies and slept grate. Alarm snooze alarm snooze this morning for me and I got the free breakfast from here at comfort suites. The kiwi strawberry juice was quite good. April 15th 2022 Abasin day 3 of 6. Today was back into the snow globe and the third of three days on the weekday three pack I purchased for Abasin. The drive up was the same as the previous two days, snow covered and took the same 22-23 minutes and I arrived around 835am. It was around 20 degrees and snowing hard as I booted up. No need to get a ticket or use the facility so I walked right up to the front of the Black mountain express line...clicked in and a few minutes later it was go time and I got my first civilian lift of the trip. It was snowing moderately and a little bit of a wetter snow than before and the parking lot was filling up fast unlike the previous two days. First run, two inches of fresh on top of cord on the lower mountain and followed it up with another, visibility decent enough to let em run. By the third lift ride there was a mini line and I rode the lift with somebody saying what a crummy day it was..I then went to Lenawee and low visibility up high was cool seeing people skiing and riding untracked pow from the lift. That was me a few minutes later..I skied a couple laps on known routes just milking the fresh then went back onto the lower mountain... Took a safety break then when all the way to the right still some green untracked and not much took the black mountain express again this time with people stoked to ski pow..they did talk about Vermont. I was able to ski back to my car, the early riser lot was beyond full and a solid inch of snow on the car and still snowing... The drive from Abasin to Keystone was sketchy icy snowpacked luckily only one person on my ass early that passed me. By keystone no snow on the roads and in Silverthorne this mornings snow was all melted and it was in the mid 30s. I stopped at Einstein bagels and got lunch to have in my suite..I also purchased a lift ticket to ski copper mountain tomorrow. I think it’s going to be very warm in comparison to the last few days at Abasin. Still snow shower activity in the forecast.

Thursday 4/14..day 2 of 6.. This morning I awoke to the first alarm I had set 6:17am and forced myself out of bed, went to Einstein’s bagels and bought one bacon egg cheddar tomato and onion everything bagel and one toasted everything bagel just with butter. I was hungry blame it on the gummies also had a medium coffee and an Arnold Palmer half and half tea and water. Hydrated to the max nice caffeine assisted duece..got dressed fast..four layer player again but last two layers don’t go on until the parking lot. The drive to abasin was semi spicy and snow covered with a few areas of blacktop. I maintained about 40 miles an hour and guy behind me was slower so the backup was behind him. Pulled into the lot at 840am I was a row closer to the lodge than yesterday probably because Loveland pass was closed. Cold boot up in 8 degrees or so full on snow globe went to men’s room then on one of the first chairs..at like 9:01am. I wanted easy country club hippie powder to start so did two fast laps on the lower mountain blues which were groomed with an inch or two of fluff on top, a few deeper areas on the sides of the trails but also some crusties below. An easy and pleasant start got on black mountain express a third time over to Lenawee which had people like every 20th chair. Everything is untracked or lightly tracked but visibility was not good especially the top of Lenawee...was also super windy at the top. I skeet skirted over to the beavers and was in the woods a little bit..some untracked in the woods but some hazards only rode the beavers lift one time and the top half of that lift ride above the tree line was freezing. I skipped Montezuma bowl today..semi high traffic and bad vis..I found the low visibility terrain off Lenawee wasn’t bad mainly cause it was all untracked and enough small groups to use as reference but if you were full charging and hugged the sides there’s definitely was coral reef that will send you ass over tea kettle even off the blues and single blacks. I thought about going inside to thaw out my toes a little and have a beer and soft pretzel but was still full from breakfast and did another run and a half on the lower mountain. The last run I call a half cause I pretty much went far right in search of perd and got it on two moderate pitches on green runs. Was a short ski day but no lines, breaks was cold, windy, snowy..the sun is trying to come out now in Silverthorne.