Vail, CO 2-4-11

EMSC

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Day dawned mostly blue sky but quickly got overcast and eventually decent snow falling. Vail had only had 3" of new snow since the warm up leaving the back bowls with a crust with essentially dust on top. We stuck to the groomed areas mostly in the south facing bowls, but spent much more time in blue sky most of the morning where the snow never got affected. By afternoon it was snowing at a decent rate picking up 2 to 3 inches. Due to the low visibility we stuck to the front side hitting game creek, wildwood and eventually northwoods where we had come up in the am from golden peak. A nice day on mostly good snow, though the light was flat for a chunk of the time. Vail is reporting 7" this am as the next storm cycle covers up any remaining damage over the next couple of days.

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Nice to see you're getting some midweek days in, especially with the good season. I will almost certainly be visiting these places myself April 3-9.
 
Tony Crocker":35a8qzxm said:
Nice to see you're getting some midweek days in, especially with the good season.
Sure, he loves to go skiing on midweek days, just the weeks when I'm not there.
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jamesdeluxe":2l0rs34n said:
Tony Crocker":2l0rs34n said:
Nice to see you're getting some midweek days in, especially with the good season.
Sure, he loves to go skiing on midweek days, just the weeks when I'm not there.

Sorry James, these ski days were pre-set 5 months ago.
 
Tony Crocker":3fm17gza said:
Nice to see you're getting some midweek days in, especially with the good season. I will almost certainly be visiting these places myself April 3-9.

Mid-week is definitely better, but we were surprised how crowded Vail was for a non-holiday friday. Not huge lines exactly, but some lines in places and most lifts at least full. (Breck was better on Thurs)

I definitely won't get a weekday pass from the home front boss (I have one more pre-planned trip coming up this year and am seriously burning way too many vaca days away from mom & son). Perhaps one of the weekend days I might be able to swing it... It's a ways off. PM me when it's closer...
 
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