prices: Vail is the most expensive in the state.
Aspen is next but you get 4 mountains to ski on and there are deals to be had, including 99$ for Roundtrip air from denver , lift ticket and lodging overnight (one night)
not the bunny slope..
here's the pic of the run from the chair lift looking up
started here: (Aspen Highlands behind me in picture)
The problem was that I held the poles with one hand, camera with the other.. kinda puts bumps off limits for the duration of filming.
as for running into the trees (lol) if you listen you can hear me turning to stop. (to tuck the camera back in pocket)
unfortunately it's taken with my little (elf) digital camera for stills. I has the movie 'feature' but that's limited to the length shown.
I have more if you wanna email me I'll send em.
Colorado is absolutely one of the best places to learn.
Buttermilk (home of the winter X games) is the 'beginner' hill with tons of slow easy runs to learn on.l
Snowmass is world renowed for it's ski instruction, especially for young ones down to 2 or 3 yrs old.
email me at
nick-tucker@attbi.com if you want more info including lodging, etc.
oh.. and hello from Colorado !
wlf