(Our) Last Day at Eldora

Last day at Eldora. 35 days for the season. I thought I could break 40 but I'll take the 35 I had.

Spring Break!

There are bound to be pictures somewhere but... 3/27 to 4/2 at Steamboat! It was awesome.

Spring has sprung

60 and sunny. Mash potato's all day long. Jack didn't make it off the bunny hill. He duped me into getting him a cookie for a snack and then bailed on ridding Challenge. Wah Waaaahhhh.

The Youngren's joined us and EY organized a rolling Uno game on the way up. It was a beautiful day.

Jack went to apres ski with Meg, the Haller's, and Proctor's While I did another couple runs with the 3rd graders. Jack and Katie actually know one another although you can't really tell.

They shed some layers and then recognized each other. I guess a helmet and goggles makes everyone look alike.

No way!

Wow! Jack and I didn't even get dressed to ski today. Meg rode with Luke, Maisey, and Rob.

Happy birthday Luke! Copper was calling. It snowed 9 inches between 5a.m. and when we got there at 10:00. An inch for every year.

All Blue Runs!

We did all Blue today. Sundance and Windmill/International.

Another Multi Day Riding Weekend

Luke and I made it up and hooked up with the Max and Eric of the Youngren fame. Everything is filled in but it was hard and fast today. I broke a branch off a tree with my neck and lost my heel side edge of my snowboard on the hardest possible surface to land bum first on. All I can say about Muleshoe is OUCH!

Challenge!

Major progress in the little boys skiing development. The picture below says it all...

Can't get a view like that unless you are at the TOP of the mountain!

We rode the Challenge triple lift 2 times and did Windmill twice, International and Hot Dog each once. YES!

50ish inches of snow in the last 7 days!

Jack woke up early this morning. That early start paid off. I was able to get Luke and I ready to go to Eldora early. We were out the door at 8. No repeat of last week, we were in the parking lot and it was only about 60% full!

Looks like another cold, windy day at Eldora? Surprise, it was calm, sunny, and around 30.

We had fun!

Ski School

Jack took how 4th lesson today and we really have had a good experience at Eldora and the Mountain Explorer Lessons.

Jack had a 4th different instructor and possibly his favorite so far. He was riding with John, the instructor, and another little boy. A perfect sized group lesson!

Jacks ready to hit the slopes!

I worked in my Eldora office and got some turns in later in the morning.

Powder Day!

Crazy storm. Eldora got 30 inches in 24 hours. We left the house at 8:15 and got to the (full) parking lot at 10:30. We found the last spot. They started turning people away the lot was so full.

Jack and I rode EZ and it was oh so soft! And we were all smiles!

BOOOO!

I've got a cold.

It's 2/1 and I didn't get a fish in January, despite 3 decent days of fishing.

I didn't ride my bike on a 100 mile ride (although there is still lots of time to ride a dozen centuries in 2012).

I did get 10 solid training rides in and at least another 10 days of commuting/errand running/etc. on a bike so 200 days of riding is still within reach.

Mixed results to begin 2012.

Will the wind ever stop?

Oh, so windy yet again. On the one hand it dries things out in a hurry, but it makes it so difficult to motivate to ride. It definitely 'enhances' (read: makes it more difficult) the work out. I guess thats what winter mileage is all about... some suffering to reflect on when you think things are bad in the summer time. Yeah that must be it, developing mental toughness.

Route: Dirty Bismark 1/29/12
Activity: Mountain Bike
Google Maps URL:
http://maps.google.com/?q=http://share.abvio.com/76b1/9a3d/4f08/d9bb/Cyclemeter-MountainCycle-20120129-1115.kml
Started: Jan 29, 2012 11:15:35 AM
Ride Time: 1:52:13
Stopped Time: 0:00
Distance: 20.40 miles
Average Speed: 10.91 mph
Fastest Speed: 44.56 mph
Ascent: 675 feet
Descent: 595 feet
http://www.cyclemeter.com

How windy?

FRIDAY!

Jack and I had a busy day. I got up early and worked until it was time to go to gymnastics. Jack tumbled for an hour at the North Boulder Rec Center and we headed home. We had some lunch and we headed for Eldora!

His turns are getting better! And he can get up by himself (most of the time). The Mountain Explorer Lessons are paying off. Steamboat here we come!