First blog of the year, ever

I was so impressed with Phil's blog that I thought I'd create one with the theme of our ski days during the 2009-2010 season. Of course, this is my blog and I may break some of the rules I've been mulling over in my head; one paragraph is good (about 15 lines...this first one will be longer since I have to catch up), one picture is nice but since I love photographs, I may break that rule. So here it goes, starting 2010 with a blog that will have to morph into something else once the snow melts. OK, to catch up from last year;

• Day one - Took Sky and four friends to Keystone before Thanksgiving. Really crowded and I managed one run which was on fairly decent snow from the top of the gondola to the bottom. Since there were a lot of people, I decided to go have lunch and browse around a bookstore in Dillon.
• Day two - Christmas Eve - Keystone with Sky, Tamra and Sierra. Not crowded and had a great day from about 10:00 - 2:00. None of us enjoyed our first run down the back side which is called North Peak. A great day before a great party that night with friends. 
• Day three - The Monday after Christmas. Breckenridge. We haven't skied here in 15 years or so. Now we know why; the blues are almost green meaning that they aren't as steep as blues in other areas. I guess you need to know where to ski. The upside was that parking was only $10, $5 if we had four people in our car. It was -2 in the parking but it warmed up by 2:00 when we jettisoned our skis to get in the car and head back to Genesee. The skiing was ok but extremely crowded, but what did we expect on Christmas week. As we rode the gondola back to the car, we spotted a bull moose and we were told that a mother and a calf were harassing skiers up on the slopes. We'll give Breck another try and hopefully we'll know where the best lifts and trails are on the mountain.

This year is definitely a good year to start this blog because we bought the Colorado Pass which gives us unlimited ski days at A-Basin, Keystone and Breckenridge. On top of that, we can ski 10 days at either Vail or Beaver Creek. My goal for this season is 20 days. Sky is shooting for the high 20s.

Oh, another rule, I'm not going to care if anyone reads this, comments or whatever.

Happy New Year to everyone!

Keystone on 12/24/2009

Breckenridge on 12/28/2009

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