so, first you go to loveland, maybe my 2nd favorite place on earth, then you go to maybe my favorite place on earth, abasin, and now you stay the same lodge that Cheryl and I visited two years ago. only, and this is the terrible part, you're getting more snow than I ever got. i can't believe it. you're not staying in the last room at the end of the hall on the 2nd floor are you ? probably not, that was only one small bed. still have the yellow lab on the couch. yeah, i know, every summit county lodge has one of those. pizza at tia amo ? breakfast at butterhorn ? its a great world, isn't it ?

Gosh I'm jealous of you two!!!

Right. Makes us old geezers feel a lot better!


Woody

Wow, you guys hit the spring skiing jackpot. I'm so glad that you had this opportunity to share the experience together. Next time I'm going stow away in your trunk.

70 still closed around Georgetown. We ski Copper today. The Front Range ski areas have received 2-3 feet. Snow slowing now. We'll ride Stage to ski what should be epic conditions. Will spend an extra night up here and head East Sunday morning.
Think snow, but be careful what you wish for :-)
JimK

Jim,
Interesting that you just posted. I logged onto DCSki to send a note that I just read I70 still closed from Vail to Golden, and wondered what shelter you might have had to divert to.
Glad to hear you made it back to hotel, great to hear you are still getting to ski today, and thankfull tho hear you are remaining in CO an extra night before heading back east...better to drive on a good night's sleep.
Have a safe trip back,
The Colonel

Don't worry guys, I'll call the boss and tell 'em your sick..... sick of work. I'll tell 'em you have eye problems.....can't see coming into work.

April 18 – Copper Mountain
Tremendous last ski day in Colorado. It is mind boggling that some of the best skiing of my life comes the day before this resort closes for the season. But there’s still Arapahoe Basin and Loveland for another several weeks if anyone is tempted by our reports ;-)
The best snow was up high on the mtn, so Vince and I started the day with several warm-up laps off the Excelerator chair. It’s located above a mid-mountain restaurant called Solitude Station that we used for a centrally located lunch stop.
Then on a lift ride a charitable young, local boarder showed some love for skiing tourons and gave us a tip to check out Upper Enchanted Forest on Copper Peak. It’s accessed by the Storm King surface lift rising above the 12000’ level. There we skied some of the deepest snow of our lives (see pics and vid) in a gladed area with beautiful large evergreens offering nice spacing.
Next we took a break cruising some blues across the front face of the mtn. We eventually made a last pass through the East side of the trail layout for a run down the black diamond run called Triple Treat under the retro Alpine double chair. Then it was up to Solitude Station for lunch around 1pm.
Here an extraordinarily nice thing happened. A member of the www.epicski.com online community who I’d never met before recognized me from viewing photos in this thread! His Epicski name is Alta6 and he was accompanied by a couple other friends including another Epicski member going by the label Mr Vertical. I was a little hesitant to join them for some runs fearing I’d impose on them, or worse - slow them down.
These guys were so gracious I quickly got over any funky feelings. Over the rest of the afternoon they treated Vince and I to a guided tour of some great runs we would have never found for ourselves including another pass through a different part of the Enchanted Forest and some deep, deep pow in an area called Union Meadows off Union Peak. These guys were GOOD and inspired Vince and I to raise our game. It was an exciting finish to a ski week neither of us will ever forget.
When the day was done we hung around the Copper base area for some après food, drink, music and fun at the Sunsation end of season party. Copper provides a great resort experience with super ski terrain and a base complex that is incredibly convenient to the Denver metro area (when a spring blizzard doesn't close the road that is).
Jim Kenney
Happy Trails
Video: deep snow in Enchanted Forest early in the day, Sunsation party action late in the day
First pic: I grew whiskers, Vince got a goggle tan – signs of a great week
Second pic: powpow Copper style
Third pic: Mr. Vertical leading the way down high alpine terrain
Fourth pic: Sunsation zaniness. These retro style aerialist competitors were flying high in more ways than one.

Hmm.. It looks like Vince might have forgotten suntan lotion? Raccoon eyes are a skier's badge of honor.

Heck yea! Wait till someone at school makes fun of him this week. He'll pull up a few of his Youtube videos and quickly put them in their place. Other guys his age were practicing baseball or hanging around track meets during their Spring Break. Vince was bashing DEEP POW POW!!