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 that, they opened it early, and we were there early, going up on one of the first chairs on the Skyline Express Lift. The first runs of the season in Pete’s Bowl did not suck!
Skiing all day long in powder is fun, but also hard work! At one point, we both just sat down in custom fitted pow chairs and rested. Wow! What a day!
We polished Saturday off with a tall glass of Paulaner Oktoberfest. Yes, still in stock on draft at select places.
Sunday was as spectacular as Saturday, with 12 inches of fresh new snow overnight, but it was wicked cold. Too cold to take any pictures. We took a longer route to Blue Sky Basin, with a couple of runs in Sun Down and Sun Up bowls, and by the time we got to the Skyline Express, they had closed down all of Blue Sky Basin because of a big slide in Pete’s Bowl; 3 feet deep, down to the ground. Nobody was hurt, but it was a good reminder that Jen and I should start carrying our avy gear, even within resort boundaries, and especially on big powder days.