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Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:40 am
by spydeeTJB
6 days of sunny skiing and other activities compressed into 16 minutes. Great trip to close out the season for me.

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Typical conditions every day were hard frozen until 11am or so then softening throughout day. Late afternoon was slushly on bottom runs. 5 days at Vail and 1 at Breck. Last day a local led us through some out-of-boundary in hopes of finding good snow. Turned out to be variable stuff...not easy to ski as the untracked stuff was setting up quickly with the record warm temps.

Grilled Elk & Pheasant sausages at Belle's camp (Blue Sky Basin) and enjoyed with bloody marry libations...which led to the singing and other antics.

I recommend Troy's Ski Shop (Vail Village) for any future visitors needing to rent skis (no boards). Great group of guys that know their stuff. Very friendly & helpful, good prices.
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Had dinner at The 10th (Vail on-mountain restaurant). Caught this as we went in
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Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:00 am
by RMacSki
awesome man. I was fortunate enough to be skiing on my birthday too (March 18th) so happy belated to you, great way to spend it.

I've been too lazy to get my Whistler TR up, can I just send you my footage and let you do the edit for me? Haha.

Looks like yall had a blast. There is so much to be found at Vail. nice season.

Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:50 pm
by codyblank
Rocky Mountain Hiiiiiiiiiigh Colorado. Nice TR.

Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:43 am
by FleurDeSki
Nice vid. Sorry there was no snow....my trips had the same theme.

was the skiing after the shots at the OB gates actually OB? At Breck?

Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:20 pm
by spydeeTJB
Thanks FDS. The OB was at Vail. Yes it the skiing is OB. You had to keep working to skiers right otherwise it was a hike out. With the angle we took we still ended up skating a bit to get to the closest lift.

Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:26 pm
by boredtoo
Just a test to see if this photo will embed...

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Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:23 pm
by spydeeTJB
Nope, didn't work on your Euro TRs either.

Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:26 pm
by boredtoo
Thanks. Weird, I can see them, but they're not showing up for anyone else.
spydeeTJB wrote:Nope, didn't work on your Euro TRs either.
Does anyone know the secret to embedding photos from the Google Photos service? It's possible that they can't be embedded.

Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:54 pm
by boredtoo
Ok, I just posted shareable links on the Euro TRs. Embedding is preferable, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do it from Google Photos.

Re: Vail & Breck March 11-18th

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:20 pm
by boredtoo
Ok, it's not easy, but I have deduced a way to embed photos from the Google Photos service. If anyone needs help in the future, let me know.