Marc's Public Blog - Skiing / Snowboarding / Snow

Nice weather when we arrived thursday night:

The next morning, we drove to A-Basin since it was close and we had had a short night with the trip. It's not a big resort but once we found the right lifts, it was good enough for a day's worth :)

loveland pass in the background

The second day, we drove to Vail and got over the pass while it was snowing and people without chains were sliding sideways or off the road. The rental Arturo got drove very nicely though:

The 3rd day, we went to Beaver creek since they had gotten a bit more of half a foot over night, and more than others:

very nice steep terrain

A big thanks to Suwei and Karl for organizing this with Arturo who drove our sorry asses around expertly

After my Ferrari event, we went to Snowmas to check in our condo by the slopes:

Our first day in Snowmass had great weather and left over powder. Snowmass is big, we didn't cover it all in one day.

they had good side terrain you could get to

Aspen airport

The next morning, we got up early to go to Highlands. It took 2 free busses, but got us there. Unfortunately, they actually open at 09:00 and not 08:30 like the other places so we got there early for nothing.

The snowcat takes you higher up the ridge and you can hike the rest

the ski patrol dog had its tennis ball to play with us

The 3rd day, we went back to snowmass since it was where we slept and where our luggage was:

Snowmass has backcountry you can hike to

The good stuff was closed

I got a bit lost out of bounds and got some nice terrain still :)

you get back on a blue slope going to boring base after a long run

And that was it for 4 days boarding around Aspen. The mountains were almost empty and the terrain in Highlands and Snowmass was quite good.