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TR: Breck MLK Monday

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ut_Twintip
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Not many pics today. I did take a few some of you have already seen.

Woke up at 8, on the road by 9. Sausage Egg McMuffin, CHECK! Traffic was light as most people were headed back down to Denver as EB 70 was a madhouse.



Got to Breck and on Independence by 12.



Didn't make many runs, but they were quality. First run, dropped in to Horseshoe Bowl. Wind crust and rocks made the top not very fun, but closer to the bottom it was softer and smooth. Really let the planks run.



Second run, took Independence to T-bar, to Imperial and cut across to Peak 7. The wind was fierce as usual, but decent coverage. After photo****ting it up I headed down. Patrol dropped a few big slides in Peak 7 bowl with the debris running down Y-Chute last week, so I avoided that and cut left to Art's to Sadie then down Ore Bucket. Some decent wind load gave some grip, but just like Horseshoe, big sweeping mach 4 turns were the trick.



My legs were revolting against being suddenly forced from being sedentary to active so I just made groomer runs to finish out the last 2 hours. Lines were not that bad all day. The last hour, no wait.



A little Pano of Peak 8 and Whales Tail





East to Keystone





Yours Truly





That view of Copper sucks...





This was last week. From Peak 10 looking back at 8

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Nice. Everywhere in Colorado is looking good this season.
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SUPER VIEWS!!!
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i'm headed to Breck at the very end of March - did you venture over to Peak 6 at all?
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@ut_Twintip 295989 wrote:



That view of Copper sucks...









Those must be the runs off resolution lift -- theirs some good stuff in there. You're killing me!!



I've never skiied breck not because of the frequent haters but I've never found a deal there
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it does look great. ive been there on a mlk wkend without any crowd problems. montezuma open, go there.
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@davidski 296107 wrote:Those must be the runs off resolution lift -- theirs some good stuff in there. You're killing me!!







Cabin chute is one of my favorite runs of all time. looong rolling semi gladed empty trail
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