Silverton, SLC, Tahoe, London, Paris......

After an exceedingly depressing amount of snow in the Northern Colorado Rockies this early Winter I was starting to twitch. I wanted to powder ski. I was tired of rockin' groomers and "touring" for the day because of AVY danger and lack of snow. There was only one answer to the question: Get to Southern Colorado where it has been hammering early season. Friday afternoon, 235pm leave Conifer High School. Link up with Bindu (yes, Bindu) in Vail and continued to Silverton, CO. A couple PBRs and I was fast asleep. We woke up and drove 15 minutes to the Base. Silverton is everything Killington, Vail, & Whistler is NOT. Core skiers riding an old double chair to the ridge of a gothic San Juan peak. Hike this way or that, and drop 2000-2700 vertical feet in a narrow Avy chute of thigh deep powder to the valley. Traverse back to the resort or grab an old bus shuttle back to the base. Chug a PBR, repeat. The energy was infectious and the hiking and skiing was 5th gear all day. After 5 laps I was toast...we got back in the car and drove back to Denver. My friend John got on a flight back to Africa the next day, relegated to another 6 months of 90+ degree temps and 100% humidity. A couple Pics:



Next Wednesday Erica and I head to SLC and then onto Tahoe for Christmas and New Years. Looks dry for the next 5 days, but this forecast gives me HOPE!: