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Vail?beaver Creek 3/10-3/13

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Tick
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O.K., i know I know, very popular spots, crowds, etc. But when you have free use of a timeshare, make use of it! Got to Avon last Monday night. It snowed all night and we woke to 10" of new snow. Problem was that it was extremely windy Tuesday, and the back bowls and Blue Sky were closed until late in the day. The next 3 days were great. No new snow but nice sunny weather. A bit warmer than I expected (got into the high 30's each day probably), but still a great trip. The key out there, and anywhere for that matter in my opinion, is getting there for rope drop.



Anyway, I threw together a little video from my helmet camera footage. Didn't realize until the last day that I had a mark on the lens. Sorry for the blurry spot.



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You can't beat FREE, especially Vail/Beaver Creek! What crowds :D Great TR! Man I miss that sweet POW!
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Blue Sky Trees section looked pretty nice. Good production, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to many groomers though for the snow that it appeared was there, way to decimate a potentialy good line at 7:15. Nice tree slides though.
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Tick
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Yeah, got the shots of the groomers last day after it had gotten quite warm the day before and the cold night made it a bit crusty. It helped some but it's amazing how well the snow holds up in the thick tree areas. Still very soft!
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Sere81
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Which bowl is that in the beginning?



Killer video btw
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Tick
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The first shot was from Sun Up Bowl and we dropped in around Headwall. We took the Mountaintop Express and started on the catwalk to Blue Sky Basin, but couldn't resist dropping in!
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Tick;175014 wrote:
The key out there, and anywhere for that matter in my opinion, is getting there for rope drop.



Or you can boot a little and enjoy untracked all day long like EC and I did at Soli.:D
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KneeDeep
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^^^ That doesn't work at Vail.



Maybe A-Basin, Loveland, or the Beav.... but not Vail.
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^was referring to the anywhere part.;)
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