A Beatle sighting. Jump turns on KT Gully (look it up on a trail map, kids). “You fall, we haul.” Watching Ohio State basketball on my goddamn telephone. It’s all part of our bizarre, and nearly completed, trip to the Rockies. A full recap will be posted soon, and if you all behave, there may… Read More wrapped.
Uncle Crappy got his wish, boys and girls. When I got up to the top of the Burn this morning, there was between 6 and 8 inches of fresh snow waiting for me, and it was still snowing. The trails got tracked up pretty quickly, so I spent much of the morning ducking in and… Read More say ‘powdah,’ frenchie.
The trip has been fabulous so far, with one small exception: The Wife blew a knee this morning, so the skiing part of her vacation is done. We’re still having fun … but …
At the moment, Accuweather is calling for partly cloudy skies and high temps in the 40s for the first part of next week. That’s the forecast for Snowmass Village, which sits at about 8,500 feet. It’ll be colder at the top of the Cirque platter pull, shown here from last year’s trip, because that elevation… Read More weather or not.
Four more days of work. Two days of packing. And by 1:30 p.m. — Mountain Time — on Sunday, we’ll be in Aspen. I have school board meetings and Sunday features between then and now, but that stuff seem less and less important as each minute passes. Accuweather is even looking for snow late in… Read More countdown.
OK. The Grounghog thing is done. We delayed the trip to Columbus for a week because we were exhausted. So what did we do this weekend? Went skiing. Twice. Well, I went twice, on Friday to Seven Springs, and on Saturday to Hidden Valley with The Wife, who’s still trying to figure out why ski… Read More boots.
Uncle Crappy 