First of all, all credit/blame for the the title for this post goes to Dan.
The day began by bidding a safe journey to Cade, who began his travels back to Salt Lake City after keeping us company for the past four days. Jim and his son Tom took off for Keystone after a short, but productive visit (Jim made us breakfast).
Despite a forecast for 5-8 inches of snow overnight, I awoke to the disappointing report of a mere inch from Vail. With broken overcast overhead, I figured it would be a day of stale snow. I figured wrong.
At about 9AM, the huge snow flakes began pouring down. The absolutely calm winds, even at the summit, allowed the imense, multitudinous flakes to fall slowly and undisturbed, giving the impression of being inside an enormous snow globe.
The snow piled up quickly, providing boot deep snow in the glades of Blue Sky Basin, especially the aptly named Steep and Deep. Overall, another epic day.
The snow is still falling heavily, even in Leadville. Dan performed admirably during the white-knuckle drive home, running over practically no pedestrians.
Tonight, my friend Jeff comes to stay, and tommorow Jeff and I part ways with the principal characters in Dan and Ken's Powder adventure. Jeff and I will be returning to snowy Vail while Dan and Ken make their way to Steamboat.
It's been an unforgettable five days of skiing. Dan and Ken have been fantastic skiing companions. Against all odds, they have made a glade skier of me (well compared to normal skiers; Dan and Ken see spaces between trees that exist only in a mysterious fourth dimension). Thanks for including me in chapter one of the adventure.
The slide show below includes photos from today. As always, you can find a larger version by scrolling past the blog entries.
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In case anyone is interested in retracing parts of Dan and Ken's Adventure, and would like to try central Colorado, "Rick's" House (pictured here) is on the short term rental market, managed by Perry at Alpine Realty in Leadville: 719-486-3445/ 800-600-5663. Rents are much cheaper than in Summit or Eagle Counties, and the drive to Copper is about 25 min; Vail and B Creek about 45. There are also great back country opportunities. Its a good place to stage for a hut trip in the 10th Mt hut system.
Leadville is also a great summer destination.
Rick
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