Monday Morning (@ Vail)

Spring Break, 2010
Vail, Colorado
31 lifts

Trails

• Skiable area: 5,289 acres (21.40 km²)
• Trails: 193 total (18% beginner, 29% intermediate, 53% advanced/expert)
• Longest run: Riva Ridge - 4 miles (6.4 km)
• Average annual snowfall: 346 inches (8.8 m)
• Terrain Parks: 4
  • 1 Superpipe
• Bowls: 10 (7 official)
  • Sun Down Bowl
  • Sun Up Bowl
  • China Bowl
  • Siberia Bowl
  • Tea Cup Bowl
  • Inner Mongolia Bowl
  • Outer Mongolia Bowl
  • Pete's Bowl
  • Earl's Bowl
  • Game Creek Bowl

Monday, March, 29th, 2010
10th Day of the 2009-2010 ski season
KLR, TSR, Sky and Sierra
Temps in the 30s and 40s
Mostly Sunny!

No traffic!

Not quite awake on the ride up to Eagle's Nest

Looking east along I-70.

The view back down to Lions Head which has been totally renovated back in 2008. We are riding in a 12 person gondola.

Mount of the Holy Cross behind Tamra and Sky.

Now Sierra is ready to go...

It's so beautiful at Vail. It seems like the resort has everything you'd ever need. The most skiable terrain in North America.

If you were there in person, the steepness dropping off into Game Creek Bowl and the views to the north and west are amazing.

To the east with Mid Vail in the foreground, the Gore Range as the backdrop. Vail was named for Charles Vail who was the designer of the highway going through the valley.

They groom a few trails in the Back Bowls so that you aren't having to ski on frozen crud until the sun melts enough to dig in.

That would be Two Elk Lodge that the extremist organization Earth Liberation Front burned to the ground and caused more than $20 million in damages. They rebuilt the lodge, so they ended up causing even more damage.

Nice feet and nice view!

Those aren't tusks! I fall asleep for one minute and look what they do to me!

Since I first skied Vail in January, 1978 (with Pete!), I've always loved how chair 11 crests this cliff.

Sky in the park and...

Sierra in the park.

It was an extra large day and it was made even better that Mom came home from the hospital and was able to spend her birthday at home! Even though Vail can have an attitude and is ridiculed, it is a special place and a lot of fun to ski on a beautiful spring day.