So my 20th winter begins…… Lots of skiing early, lots of groomers but it is snowing outside as I write this and the holidays folks are just about out of town so things should start ramping up. I’ve had 30 something days on the snow and so far I haven’t had a day on my own, I’m making up for it with some alone time in the … Continue reading 20th Winter Begins
The change from spring to winter came pretty quick. Last Wednesday I went for a mountain bike and this Wednesday is my 6th day on the snow. Last post for summer and it is a bit all over the place…. I got out to Vegas to catch up with Mush, Humi, Trev and Yukari. Expecting a quiet trip but things turned into the usual debauchery, even … Continue reading Last Summer Post
Some pics that didn’t have enough for their own post, but worth posting . Black Betty has been treated badly – but it all started with bloody Charlie Moore. Charlie is a good influence, in a bad way. So when I went 4WD’ing for the first time in Colorado, with Charlie – closed signs meant nothing, “I don’t think we can make it” resulting in applying the accelerator. It … Continue reading Summer Shenanigans
I’ve got a bunch of summer pics to post but I’ll start with last weekends mission down to Crested Butte to hang out with Rob and Nancy. Rob and Nancy are used to hosting (kinda like myself – hahaha) and they are pretty darn Good at it. A little golf and then the highlight of the trip was Rob kicking my arse on the dirt … Continue reading 7 Passes
The M&M’s were my last guests of the winter and I tell you what, they were a hoot!!!!! I thought that the Chateau Grindlay had 300yrs of total age in the house but I found out it was only 292 years. Still enough for a new record. When I’m on my own I try and keep the total age of the house at 50, 60 … Continue reading 300 Club
This winter is taking shape and it has been fantastically hectic. I reckon I could even get a job at air traffic control the way I’ve been able to line up my winter guests, but since I don’t spend enuf time on my real job I don’t think I should really look into a second one. I was going to try and split up these pics … Continue reading Winter Wacko’s
We’ve had some snow and the crew has gone wild. Thursday we buried ourselves in the Beaver….. The Beaver Creek moto is “Not exactly roughing it” and I think it rings pretty true. Our day at the Beaver started with us parking at the Ritz. Black Betty might not be pretty but she is big and black. Some property that Paige has her eye on…… … Continue reading Not exactly roughing it
I needed an excuse to post some pics so I’m doing a pre-Tuesday post. This weekend, as part of my studies, I’m spending 2 days ice climbing and I really hope I don’t get an ‘F’. Here is the grading scale for ‘Intro to Ice Climbing’: F – Funeral E – Expired D – Death or Deported (if I get a D I do get deported … Continue reading Pre 32
The Hutchinson’s are back in town and before it gets too cold I thought we’d go on a mission…. actually I needed a hand to get this mission accomplished and they were the first willing participants. No real rush to start the day so we skied Keystone on a gorgeous not-a-cloud-in-the-sky day. The tree is the background is the state tree of Colorado….. don’t piss … Continue reading Planes, hot springs and snowmobiles
Ski Cooper is a wee little ski field (unlike me – I should work on that winter coat of mine…. hahahaha) about 45 miles from my place – the lifts are short and it is pretty flat – sounds just like a Japanese Doris or a Japanese ski area – hehehe. And just like Japan – it had better snow than anywhere else in Colorado this winter. It was Adam … Continue reading Ski Cooper
Paul and Caitriona arrived a few days before Xmas and this is their first time in North America. They are here for the skiing and they are getting used to how we ski here in the north…….. Caitriona and I decided to use her Irish heritage and my ‘shackle dragger’ heritage to take over the kiddy castle…… Down with the English!!!! The Irish Hobbit Queen … Continue reading Hutchinsons in America
There wasn’t much snow up high this season and as such I didn’t get as much touring in as I had hoped (the Grand Couloir will have to wait for another year). So when AJ called saying he was interest in a post season ski on the peak I was keen to dust off the skins (100% baby seal) and have one last day of … Continue reading Out of Season Ski
