It begins

Today, Dan's crazy vision for a Rocky Mountain adventure finally bore fruit as Dan, Ken, Cade, me, and about ten thousand of our closest friends decended on Vail for our first day of skiing. We could not have asked for a better day; bright sunshine, no wind, and silky snow.

The sun, snow, and half price lift tickets seemed to have attracted the entire skiing universe to Vail, but the place is so big that the trails and lifts (in most places) were still relatively uncrowded. Lunch was a madhouse, but that's not why we're here, right?

The day featured several great runs down Blue Sky basin (including a great run through Champaign Glades), some wide open turns in the back bowls, perfect snow in Heavy Metal, and epic bumps on Highline and Roger's Run.

We're all a bit sore and tired, but expect to fully recover by 8:30 AM tomorrow. Tommorow we visit Copper, with snow in the forecast.