12/31/08

Day 18

Conditions: Icy, windblown, and crowded
Location: Keystone, CO

Ugh. No new snow for the 5th day in the row. Conditions were just like Boyne Mountain, with longer runs. In a desperate search for something decent, we spent most of the day paying $5 per ride for the Keystone cat. We found some nice stuff in the Tele Trees, but most everything was windblown or skied off. (Interestingly, an old Seaholm classmate of Steph’s is a ski patroller at Keystone and gave us a few tips on areas to check out.)


Dirk prepares for another cat ride.


Dirk makes an esoteric signal to Steph, which he later reveals means to get out the radios.

After a crowded lunch and a few runs of scraping down ice runs, we headed home. Maybe we are just spoiled, but today was one of those days when it was just work.


Even a rough day on the mountains has amazing views.

Highlights:

- The Tele Trees in South Outback Bowl
- Dirk hugged a tree. Despite getting the wind knocked out of him, he was fine.

Lowlights:

- Basically, everything but the highlights.

Après Ski:

More football. More food. We’re pretty boring, actually.

Days to go: 32