opening day, thank God (large pics)

[JB73]

LOL (sry that you got hurt though)

my dad's GF blew out her knee there too. it took 14 months of rehab and after the THIRD season she's finally gettin back on the slopes.

wlf... that and vail are my only times skiing on the real mountains (live in wisconsin here and just have icy 2 min hills to ski on usually)

it was SOOO much easier to ski out there, a ski patrol dude i was talking to said i looked like i grew up out there. after talking he said it was learning on all those icy conditions that made me more "natural" on the real snow.

i really felt i was better out there, at home i could never do moguls out there thats all i looked for (im no pro or speed demon on them but can navigate down quite well IMHO) i didnt try any jumps (im 30 yrs old now not some young ski buff dude with rubber legs.. and thats all that was around the jumps.. teenagers trying to break their legs LOL) but back here i was able to do a good eagle, dafny, 1/2 twist, and backscratcher. came this close to landing a helocoptor 1 time.

out there the best was between the far left peak @ breck or the back bowls @ vail. @ vail i skied a double black diamond bowl for about 20 min without seeing another person... not even going up the lift above me. (it was later in the day and about 55° at the base so not "ideal" weather in the minds of the locals) but it was amazing. i was skiing in a tee shirt and a shell of a coat (no liner).

oh well enough daydreaming... ill own a condo someday!!!

[Curval]

Originally posted by Pfunk
Wlfgng, do you know of any cheap places to stay?  I would love to come out there

LOL....ahhhh NO.

As wlfgng states there are cheap places, but if you want to be anywhere near the hills be prepared to pay big bucks.

[Wlfgng]

typical for a ski resort town unfortunately.
and Aspen is even more expensive (10 miles away)

Curval would probably have more info since I don't ever check into renting here

skiing this snow (rocky mountain champagne) is the shi*.
nothing at all like the ice hills.. er.. ski areas back east

I grew up in Colorado Springs and was on their ski team and it was much the same.. in C.springs the ski hill is almost right in town and very low alt.. meaning ICE
you'd feel like you were home

not that it's always perfect here, but it is like this more often than not.

sooooo.. come one come all !

[Twist]

Originally posted by lazs2
It allways looks good in pictures... then you try to drive in/on it or walk on it...  it's cold too.
lazs

LOL...that's some beautiful country, nothing cold about it, it's just not as warm as other places in the lower 48.

If you REALLY want cold, come with me to work sometime, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, now THAT's cold.

Thanks for postin' the pics wlfman.