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Barb

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  1. As some of you already know, I made the bittersweet decision to sell my place in Crested Butte for a variety of reasons. I am glad I got to introduce so many PASR’s to the awesome mountain and town. When I went to get what little personal stuff I had there it was a very slow walk out the front door with a little lump in my throat. 7 years of good memories for sure. 
     

    So since I am now 100% invested in my current location, I decided to buy this little UTV. The lead king loop is 4 miles from my front door. I am not a “jeeper” but there are amazing trailheads down the road. If you can cut off a 6-8 mile hike, you start out in some really awesome spots. And yes, my Jeep could make it, but my jeep skills are lacking. This machine is smaller and easier to navigate. 
     

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  2. Good review, I wondered about these as well. But since I already have boot heaters with a big battery I thought this would be one more thing on my boots. The wine glass analogy is interesting. I def have a bad habit of skiing with my skis too far apart, guess I learned that way and never corrected it.Trying to work on that.  

  3. 18 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

    Stratton will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first “big mountain” trip a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. I remember seeing it on the road as you approach the mountain thinking holy shit this place looks massive.

    really thinking hard on getting an ikon pass next year.

    If you get an Ikon base plus or full ikon you can come visit me and ski Aspen next year with Dan.  Just sayin….

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  4. Another beautiful day here before the snow comes in later tonight. Skinned up the Elk Camp side of Snowmass in a t-shirt today. Was 49 degrees when I got back to my car. I like this route. Not quite as hard as Tiehack. Just under 2 miles and 1300’+ elevation gain. Made it up in exactly 1:30. Had a quick lunch at the top of the gondola and skied back down. Light crowds, snow was mushy and soft. 
     

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  5. Well today I totally sucked and only made it one mile up Tiehack before I decided to transition and come back down. The temps were low 40’s when I arrived and brilliant sunshine beating  down on me. Still got in a solid hour of good cardio so I am satisfied. 
     

    Buttermilk closes 3/31 and it’s getting quite mushy. All mashed potatoes on the way down. 
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  6. I’d give you a ride to the shuttle lot and you can slum it and ride the shuttle with me. Basalt will be more expensive as it’s closer. 

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  7. Carbondale would have some cheap lodging options. And it’s only about 6200’ elevation. I could swing by and pick you upon my way to the mountain. I met Johnny Styles, we was super nice. 

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  8. What a beautiful day!  Sunshine and temps in the high 30’s on the mountain. Got to Snowmass about 9:15 and parking was a breeze. My neighbor is talking me into splitting the cost of a parking pass w him next season. Gets you free parking at Highlands and a lot at Snowmass with no shuttle required that I have never been to. With no pass it’s $25. 
     

    Went over to Big Burn and took a warm up run on Sneaky’s 

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    snow was crunchy. Then hit the little bumps towards the bottom 

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    Then on Jeff’s advice went over to Sheer Bliss lift. And just as he said, I skied right into it and shared a chair with no one. I think I started on the Sheer Bliss trail but then merged onto a bump trail.  That was a long, lot of bumps. No picture of it. 
    But here is a pic of people waiting for the cirque lift poma 

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    The snow off Sheer Bliss was less crunchy. But toward the last 1/3 of the bump run the troughs were pretty scraped off and icy. 
     

    Went to the bottom and took the Elk Camp Gondola to the top and skied one run down to the base. One thing about Snowmass is the runs are super long. I’m must have banged my watch and shut off the tracking but before I went to elk camp it was over 6000’. Top to bottom of elk is probably another 3000’ + 

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    one of these “runs” is from Snowmass mall to the lift which is about 100’. 
     

    Love my commute, never any traffic heading home. Blaring the 80’a tunes

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    This view right before the Marble turn off is really beautiful but a picture doesn’t really do it justice. 
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    My plan is to suffer a bit and uphill Tiehack tomorrow. My cardio game is sorely lacking. 

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  9. Getting a huge upslope storm that is favoring the front range. Eldora go 30” overnight and has a message they are closed today due to many snow slides on the shelf access road. Winter Park got about  14”. I70 closed in both directions. We only go about 3” here but got my morning text that Snowmass canyon has chain laws in effect. That stretch always a mess in bad weather. 

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  10. 2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Looks Grate Barb..bring up that pot hole at the next city council meeting lol..I heard you saw Atomic Jeff in Aspen…

    I did!  He has photo proof. He was nice enough to ski slow with me for an hour. It was good to see him

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  11. Today Aspen had a ladies uphill event at Buttermilk. I uphilled the Tiehack side earlier this week and my heart *almost* burst out of my chest. So I decided to skin up West Buttermilk, which is the easiest. Beat my pace by 11 min since last time I did it so maybe the Tiehack lap helped me somewhat. 
     

    Free swag is always nice

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    The road to the west parking lot is rough and so so muddy. 
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    started snowing on my drive home. Next 2 days supposed to be lots of sunshine and mud 30’s, I will take it! 

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