Today is closing day at Keystone and the last day of any season brings mixed feelings….. sometimes I feel sad that the season is ending and people are leaving, but sometimes I feel excited about what the new season will bring. This year I’m excited. Over the last 14 years, 24 winters (I’ve mixed a couple of summers in there), one thing is constant…. every … Continue reading 7 Days, 7 Resorts
Since Park City the skiing has been kinda ordinary, even when it snows, it is getting up to 10 degrees Celsius during the day which turns the snow to mashed potatoes really quick. The last proper day of winter was with Tina and Charlie’s crew…. another fantastic day skiing Vail with a great posse. We had some family skiing in the morning, some big boy … Continue reading Late Season Turns
Last week, I had the opportunity to ski Park City. North America’s largest ski area. With 31″ of fresh, dry, Utah powder and some bloody good skiers. I was the 5th wheel on a trip full of people who didn’t blink at a chair lift which only accessed double blacks Between the 5 of us, we had around 200 days combined skiing this season … Continue reading Canyons/Park City
Man, what a crazy few weeks!!! The Hutchinson’s have been in town and after 4 attempts, Paul finally got some Colorado powder, lucky bugger got the goodies in Telluride with 18″ on his first day there. We had some Friday afternoon powder turns at Keystone, not quite 18 inches but Hutch still liked it. That is how I word it to the girls…. wasn’t quite 18″ but … Continue reading International Mates
The guts of the ski season are about to start…. Paul and Caitriona arrive this week which is going to be awesome. And the list of international guests is a long one this season. Early season is about getting the legs ready and skiing over the busy Xmas period. I got some turns in with Al and Jarisse. Chris V and I had some amazing … Continue reading It is about to start…. again
I’m happy in this photo, it isn’t just because I’m sitting on a beautiful horse, on a beautiful property, in the company of some beautiful fillies….. I’m happy because I got some air…. on a horse. It was huge. We (Stetson the horse and I) came up to a stream, I was directing the horse to walk through the stream and BOOM, air time. I can’t … Continue reading Tom got Air
It has been over a decade since I was last in Yellowstone. Last time was 2003, after some time with Luke in Banfff. On that trip, I drove south to Colorado and passed through Yellowstone. It was puking snow, there was nobody around and it was kinda hairy. A few weeks ago I was asked if I’d like to visit Yellowstone again…. hell yeah I would!!!! … Continue reading Yellowstone
One day, I was sitting on a chairlift with Al. Not much of a surprise there, we’ve done this a lot over the last decade and more. Al mentions that his extended crew have lined up a Lake Powell trip. That sounds awesome!!!! Swimming, waterskiing, jetskiing, hitting golf balls into the lake, bikinis and fossil fuels…. I’m pretty sure I even said “I’d give my left testicle … Continue reading Lake Powell
When I purchased “Polly the Snowmobile” everyone told me it couldn’t be done. To start with, I had no where to park a snowmobile. Turns out, you can park a snowmobile in the back of a truck, so my mate Cole helped me buy a truck. We figured it out. Nobody could tell me how to put Polly on the back of the truck…. with the help of Dave … Continue reading Polly
This last month I’ve had some old skiing mates in town….. I’ve had such a wonderful, wonderful time with these guys, Shaz, Chris, Paul, Lica, Dave, Tim, Debbie, Kathy, Walter and Nick as well as Charlie and Tina whom I don’t have any photos (there will be photos in the future – I’m going to be the celebrant at their wedding!!!). With these guys in town; I didn’t work … Continue reading Skiing Mates
I’m often asked by my American mates, “What is ‘shenanigans’?” Shenanigans /ʃɪˈnænɪɡən/ noun (informal) (usually pl) of unknown origin: A social dish enjoyed by Australians. Ingredients: Some old mates, some new mates and a kid who hasn’t seen the snow before. Add 4 ski resorts (Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin) Simmer in alcohol daily at 5pm. Garnish with dog sledding, skiing, tubing and snowmobiling. I have been looking … Continue reading The Williams
The weather is getting colder up here but there is nobody about which is awesome. A few little dustings of snow up high but none in the valleys. It is time to get out and explore some ideas I have for skiing this coming winter…. I’m going to keep adding pics to this post until we start skiing in a few weeks time. First up … Continue reading Winter Prep
