Snowmass Friday

Bloody Hell!  More snow.  This is far too much of a good thing. Whatever happened to polite snow; the kind that falls overnight and leaves a light dusting of powder and a bright sunny day in the morning.  If one skis long enough, a week like this will finally catch up to you.

It's snowed most of the day.  CJ and Crystina must try to get in skiing on their last day. They try to stick to "groomed" runs.  With continuing snow, the groomed runs still have overnight powder. The Naked Lady slope gives up the best run. The first half of Turkey Trot is slow polling.  The second half and Drumstick is a good run.

 

 

 

We execute our lunch plan at Gwyn's High Alpine as the weather deteriorates. As we return to the condo, the density of the snow thickens.  By the time CJ and Henry depart, we're witnessing the largest flakes and most dense snow of the week.

CJ and Henry return the skis and drive to the airport to retrieve the car that will backup their unlikely flight from Aspen to Denver. In the few minutes it takes to return the skis our totally dry car looks like this.

Avalanches continue to close I-70.  At dinner time, I-70 is again closed.  This evening's lead news story is the avalanche that breaks the window in a pickup truck flooding a baby in snow. Quick action by her parents saves her.

Snow and fatigue cancel the evening of tubing at Elk Camp.  The roller coaster part of the ticket was cancelled long ago due to heavy snow. Instead of paying for a marginal dinner on the mountain at the Elk Camp lodge, we dine in on an array of leftovers, decent wine and beer, and an opener of truffle'd pasta.  Way better!

It's a very snowy evening.

 

 

It will take good clean living to get us to Denver tomorrow.