(my computer is melting so I'm going to get this out in parts)
I returned home last night from a 7-day trip to COPPER MOUNTAIN, LOVELAND, and WINTERPARK/MARY JANE. actually I cut the trip short a day so my wife didn't risk being stuck home without me in another weekend of snow.
Record low precip. in Summit Co. and epic storms in NC; I'm sure the irony is lost on no one here. Still many pockets of greatness and thousands of feet to mach
COPPER MOUNTAIN:
My computer is really messing up: I'll try to edit more in
Ok I think it is working so I'll continue with this shot -- top of a traverse after a short bootpack to Union peak--
Looking down and around before dropping--
Later I got into the trees at union meadow; good stuff but thin -- it had opened the day before and I bet closed after we left because the feed out was already a mess
still I know where to go on a powder day
I also hit Resolution Bowl/lift for the first time since most of the back wasn't open. Even though it was suffering in current conditions it still holds a lot of snow and it will be something I will hit early in the future -- it is much wider and longer --then the trail map indicates
I ended the day off the high poma lift and literally got last seat (I love it when that happens though that maybe ****** on my part but oh well)
We left Copper for our luxury accommodations in Goergetown and prepared for two days at LL
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Copper Mountain, Jan. 29
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Man, that makes me so nostalgic. That was my go-to mountain for years. That's my all time favorite area.
How is Tucker? Was the cat not running?
How is Tucker? Was the cat not running?
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@Colorado Widespread Panic 207012 wrote:Man, that makes me so nostalgic. That was my go-to mountain for years. That's my all time favorite area.
How is Tucker? Was the cat not running?
Tucker was not open -- nothing back there but BlackJack lift was running and not even the run underneath that-- although some fool poached it--
I spent a lot of time dodging in and out of the easy trees under Sierra-- which is fine -- I love that lift
How is Tucker? Was the cat not running?
Tucker was not open -- nothing back there but BlackJack lift was running and not even the run underneath that-- although some fool poached it--
I spent a lot of time dodging in and out of the easy trees under Sierra-- which is fine -- I love that lift