http://jesperperl.com/words Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:23:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is hard to believe that it is still early ski season.  Jen and I spent the most awesome weekend, both Saturday and Sunday, skiing the back bowls of Vail.  Saturday happened to be this season's grand opening day of Blue Sky Basin; our favourite area at Vail.  Not only ... http://jesperperl.com/words/vail-weekend/ We were back at Copper Mountain again today where Jonathan and Ann - after being stuck on a lift for 45 minutes! - joined us for the afternoon.  Yet another awesome day.  Skiing is SO MUCH FUN! Jen shredding the gnar Ann ripping it up (Sorry I got you from your backside!) Jonathan ... http://jesperperl.com/words/more-skiing/ Wow - if today's great day at Copper is any indication of the upcoming ski season, it is not looking too bad.  Copper Mountain had just opened up several runs with natural snow and most of them to our delight were not groomed.  It almost felt like a [small] powder ... http://jesperperl.com/words/first-ski-day-200809-season/ After a long wonderful drawn out Indian Summer and Fall, Winter has finally found Boulder.  This morning we woke up to about 2 inch of fresh white snowflakes neatly stacked on top of each other; a pretty morning for sure -- and a forced break from work on the hot ... http://jesperperl.com/words/first-snow/ Bean FeSSt was one of the first group rides that Jen and I took part in when we first moved to Colorado.  Riding with like minded single speed riders in rain and snow made us feel right at home!  This year's incarnation of Bean FeSSt is now in the books, ... http://jesperperl.com/words/bean-fesst-2008/ This weekend we decided to leave rainy Boulder in exchange for more solid precipitation and to give Jen a fresh fix of the mountains before she heads off to Florida.  Mister Winter was definitely knocking on the door up there... On our way up there was still some blue sky No blue ... http://jesperperl.com/words/meeting-mister-winter/ Its that time of year again.  The aspen leaves are turning golden yellow; almost fluorescent.  Earlier this year in Spring we noticed how plenty full the aspens were around the 4th of July road, so we made it a goal to come back and check them out in Fall.  It ... http://jesperperl.com/words/fall-colours/ Colorado amazes me.  The number of "destinations" is abundant.  Everywhere you look there are mountains to climb, trails to hike, and trails to bike.  There is no end to it. The destination for this past Saturday was American Lakes which is located within the not so creatively named State Park called ... http://jesperperl.com/words/american-lakes/ The days are getting shorter.  For sure.  Yesterday, the Redstone Cyclery tuesday night ride group spent the daylight hours doing trail maintenance working on a couple of spots on the Nelson loop at Hall Ranch. After putting in some good work, we turned the lights on and rode out in the ... http://jesperperl.com/words/more-night-riding/ Yesterday was the first real night ride of the season, and what a joy it was.  There is just simply something magical about picking your way around and between the trees in the dark of the night with nothing but the trail and a headlamp guiding you.  Thanks for orchestrating, ... http://jesperperl.com/words/night-ride/