Wednesday, December 22, 2010

POWDER! and mountain biking.

The start of Christmas break this year has been one of the best ones to date!  For starters my roommate Sam got the OK from the doctors to start skiing after his ankle surgery in the fall, so I finally got to shred CB with him after missing out on all of last ski season.  On top of that Crested Butte received 5 feet of blower powder, an excellent Christmas present for all of us!  Unfortunately I didn’t get any good pictures because my camera skills are a bit rusty but below are a few shots I got of Sam.


Once we found a break in the storm, my friend Ryan and I hit the road home and made a stop at his house in Avon to ski Vail the next day.  It was strange to wake up to rain in the morning, but once we got to the top of Vail we were pleased to find some more excellent powder and spent the day jumping cliffs.  It felt good to get back in the air.
After skiing Vail I hit the road back home and after a slow and snowy drive arrived in Littleton to warm temperatures and no snow.  Thankfully I brought home my XC bike so I was able to hit the trails in the Ken Caryl Valley in 40 degree weather with awesome dry trails.