Archive for April, 2008

Brainard Lake … almost!

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Saturday we checked out the trails at 8,000 ft and found lots of snow on north facing aspects between the trees. On Sunday we decided to check out the roads at an even higher elevation (10,000 ft) and as it turns out: There is lots of snow to be found at that elevation too, […]

Trails Conditions Are Improving

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

It has been about a month and a half since we last checked out the trail conditions at the higher elevations so we decided that it was time to go back. Despite the snow in the weather forecast we decided to bring the bikes along wishing for good trail conditions. We […]

Winter meets Spring

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

…or is it Spring meeting Winter!

Long Ride on New Trails

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The plan for yesterday was to get a good long ride in. We did!
Saturday night we convinced our good friend Mike that a long mountain bike ride would be a whole lot more fun that a flat spin on the roads, and without much thinking he agreed. So, Sunday morning, Mike, Jen and […]

Powder, the new spring corn

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Our last day at Vail this season turned out to be our best day at Vail this season. With 13 inches of new powder reported for the 24 hour prior to our visit, nobody on the mountain, and nice cool temperatures to keep everything fresh, it was quite the treat and hard to believe […]