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Thanksgiving skiing?
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We just finished our 10th ski day of the season today, and plan to be there at opening tomorrow....I'm guessing it won't be too busy because it's turkey day,but I'm sure Friday will be horrible so we won't go then. Today was pretty good for about 2 hours, then it got too crowded. We've got 3 lifts open right now, but it can still get congested. Not bad, though...we're getting warmed up for the season. Squaw is "sort of" open...only one steep, moguly run which I don't like, so I'm not going there yet. Once was enough...I'll wait until the "real" snow is piled up on top.
My husband and I went up for a while yesterday, but ended up stopping and talking to so many people that we only got 3 runs in and then had to head home to take the turkey out of the oven. Heh. Oh well.
Conditions were decent for what it is, but there are some rocks sticking out of groomers in places I've never seen before! At least it was a nice sunny day!
Conditions were decent for what it is, but there are some rocks sticking out of groomers in places I've never seen before! At least it was a nice sunny day!
dloveski
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Thanksgiving
Hi Divas,
Have been gone from here for a few weeks, as we spent November traveling the Danube/Main/Rhein rivers from Budapest to Amsterdam. Very cool.
Landed from Amsterdam in Utah on Wednesday night----was up on the slopes at Brighton Thursday morning. How cool is that?
Limited terrain on man-made snow=slick. I am impressed with the snow farming, as there were very few bald spots and good coverage on the open runs. An unusual bonus---no holiday crowds, locals are staying away, waiting for the goods. I took six runs, nice and easy, loaded up my locker, and picked up my host coat.
I'm grateful for the best Thanksgiving and November ever!!
Hi Divas,
Have been gone from here for a few weeks, as we spent November traveling the Danube/Main/Rhein rivers from Budapest to Amsterdam. Very cool.
Landed from Amsterdam in Utah on Wednesday night----was up on the slopes at Brighton Thursday morning. How cool is that?
Limited terrain on man-made snow=slick. I am impressed with the snow farming, as there were very few bald spots and good coverage on the open runs. An unusual bonus---no holiday crowds, locals are staying away, waiting for the goods. I took six runs, nice and easy, loaded up my locker, and picked up my host coat.
I'm grateful for the best Thanksgiving and November ever!!
cinnabon
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
It was pretty nice there on Tues. I just did laps off of Eagle Express - those runs at least have some pitch to them for being "blue".
My husband and I went up to South Lake Tahoe, Heavenly has been making snow now for the past month. There has also been a few good storms to start a good base, needless to say opening day was Friday November 21st and because of wind the Gondola was shut down; and I had to work. Finally on Monday we got to go up, hey only 3 miles of terrain was open, but it was worth it to break in my new skiis! Only 2 lifts were open Tamarack and Dipper, but by Thanksgiving Day Comet Express was up and running, corduroy first thing in the morning and silence on the hill. The only sound were my skiis slicing through the snow, aaaaahhhhhhh.
itri
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Got the first day of the season in the books today at Breckenridge with Lilabear. I was pleasantly surprised with how good the snow conditions were, although there isn't that much open yet, and it was therefore a little crowded, but not too bad. Meeting up with RachelV and friend shortly for dinner, then some more skiing tomorrow before I have to head back to real life. :p
Telluride Ski Babe
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I skied Thanksgiving, but then also hosted dinner that night. I skied Friday as well. The snow wasn't bad, and we had one more run open than we traditionally do on Thanksgiving, so a good time was had by all. I didn't go up yesterday and I'm not going up today, because with the limited terrain we've got open it means there are a LOT (by Telluride standards) of people on each run...and frankly some of them scare the heck out of me...they have NO control.
Snowflower
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Monarch on Wednesday was really good, but Copper on Thursday not so much. Conditions were strangely similar to the east coast skiing that I ran away from and where did all those people come from? Didn't they know it was a holiday???? We still had a fabulous time then stopped by Mt Princeton Hot Springs on the way home for a soak in the river. We pushed our actual Thanksgiving dinner back a day and celebrated on Friday, then went downtown for the annual parade of lights and the lighting of Tenderfoot Mountain.
We have a triangle shaped mountain right at the edge of downtown. Normally it just has a lit up S that alternates with a red heart (for "Heart of the Rockies"), but at Christmas time they light the whole mountain up like a Christmas tree.
It was a very nice weekend, but was over much too soon. One son and his girlfriend left early Saturday for their 15 hour drive home and the other son flies out today.
We have a triangle shaped mountain right at the edge of downtown. Normally it just has a lit up S that alternates with a red heart (for "Heart of the Rockies"), but at Christmas time they light the whole mountain up like a Christmas tree.
It was a very nice weekend, but was over much too soon. One son and his girlfriend left early Saturday for their 15 hour drive home and the other son flies out today.
RockiesGirl
Certified Ski Diva
We were at Keystone from Thurs night thru today. Runs were way too busy with too many people on mainly man-made snow. We were happy to be skiing but only put in a few runs. On the other hand, our 3-year-old was in ski school for the first time and after two days, he can now snow plough, turn, and stop where he wants! We're so proud! 
itri
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
That's great to hear, RockiesGirl! I bought the Keystone family lesson package for DS, so he will be getting lessons sometime soon. I really hope he loves it and picks it up quickly!
I skied Breck again today with Lilabear, and it was very similar conditions to yesterday, but much less crowded. I think the lack of snow so far really kept the front range crowd away. There weren't that many runs open, so the lack of variety in terrain got a little old, but it was still fun for a couple of days!
I skied Breck again today with Lilabear, and it was very similar conditions to yesterday, but much less crowded. I think the lack of snow so far really kept the front range crowd away. There weren't that many runs open, so the lack of variety in terrain got a little old, but it was still fun for a couple of days!
RockiesGirl
Certified Ski Diva
Yep, we bought that package too so DS took lessons at the Mountain House base. The staff was great, and I loved the fact that they have different levels on different areas at the base of the mountain, so on day two he really felt like he'd got better because he could go higher up the mountain
Not an issue this weekend, but it's also great that it is at the base of the mountain, which means warmer temps and less wind. Good luck to you and yours!
Kiragirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
No. I'm p-o'ed. I could have sworn Killington would be open yesterday, but NOOOOOO, I guess everything got washed away and was not good enough even to open those few trails, and the one that enables you to get close enough to the bottom to walk back. Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
but, I did get some really good shopping deals...in Manchester at the Orvis outlet 70% off!!! and a few nice things at 50% off in Killington. Also, that was my first road trip with the new car, it was good. Now, it needs a bath.
but, I did get some really good shopping deals...in Manchester at the Orvis outlet 70% off!!! and a few nice things at 50% off in Killington. Also, that was my first road trip with the new car, it was good. Now, it needs a bath.
We drove 163.7 miles each way (love the Map App) from Newton to Bretton Woods to spend the afternoon on 14" of fresh snow. It was the last day of our visit so I was willing to do just about anything to ski. Darn kids and school - we can't get away easily now that we have a 6th grader...
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