TR - Hut Trip

A place for members to talk about things outside of Virgin Islands travel.
Post Reply
User avatar
Chet
Posts: 952
Joined: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:40 am
Location: The Fishbowl

TR - Hut Trip

Post by Chet »

The weather in the foothills was warm and dry and Golden, CO was brown. Sat, Sun, and Mon temps were in the 70's. Rode the bike up to Lookout Mt so my legs and lungs could acclimate to the thin air. Skiied Winter Park on Sunday and Cooper on Monday. We headed up to Janet's Cabin on Tuesday. The hut is at 11,600', just below the Continental Divide. The weather was clear and cold skiing in. It snowed Tuesday night, off and on all day Wednesday, and all day Thursday. We skiied out in a blizzard Thursday afternoon. The high temp for the three days was 18. Golden got 20" of snow, and the "Blizzard of 2009" practically shut Denver down.

The skiing routine? Runs in the morning, runs in the afternoon. Ski up above tree line, ski down through the trees. Or ski way up to Searle Pass and carve tele turns in limitless powder. Did I mention powder? Yeah, we're powder hounds.

Here are a few pix from the trip.
Heading towards the Continental Divide:
Image
Skiing in with gear and food for three days:
Image
Ready for a powder day:
Image
Skinning up:
Image
Tree line:
Image
Morning powder:
Image
Waist deep in the trees:
Image
Blizzard:
Image
WTF? (Keeping it real - ski shop in Dillon, CO)
Image
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Image
[/url]
Top
User avatar
waterguy
Posts: 4307
Joined: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:06 pm
Location: Green Bay ,WI

Post by waterguy »

That ski shop was close to my son's apartment when he was going to school the every time I drove by it brought a smile to my face. Great report
Top
User avatar
chicagoans
Posts: 1586
Joined: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:51 pm
Location: IL

Post by chicagoans »

You are a hardy soul! Great pics. Made me shiver, though.
Image
Top
User avatar
lprof
Posts: 3130
Joined: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:09 pm
Location: Florida

Post by lprof »

I really enjoyed every flake of this report...especially liked the pic of snow covered skis...everything totally untouched
so glad you had such a great time and that you shared it with the forum...thanks :)
... no longer a stranger to paradise
Top
User avatar
RickG
Posts: 5397
Joined: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:06 pm
Location: Coral Bay, St. John

Post by RickG »

Fun! Good ales and food too I bet. I heard from a buddy in Boulder that the front range got absolutely hammered.

Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes - Coral Bay - St. John, VI
Top
User avatar
Chet
Posts: 952
Joined: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:40 am
Location: The Fishbowl

Post by Chet »

RickG wrote:Fun! Good ales and food too I bet. I heard from a buddy in Boulder that the front range got absolutely hammered.

Cheers, RickG
Yes, we sampled the CO and MT micro-brews, and took a few flasks of Leopold Bros, Three Pins Alpine Herbal Liqueur into the hut. http://www.leopoldbros.com/Three_Pins.html
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Image
[/url]
Top
Teddy Salad
Posts: 205
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:05 am
Location: Colorado

Post by Teddy Salad »

Nice trip report Chet. Glad you had good snow.
Top
Berlingirl
Posts: 499
Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:09 pm
Location: New England

Post by Berlingirl »

Wow...all I can is my DH is gonna enjoy this report. (he's sleeping now!) Dream vacation for a skiier! Thanks!
Top
User avatar
linne
Posts: 1161
Joined: Mon May 14, 2007 4:25 pm
Location: Denmark

Post by linne »

Even though I love sunshine,I also enjoy white snow very much. Thank you for the nice pics and the report.

Linne
Top
User avatar
NoWorriesMom
Posts: 150
Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:45 pm
Location: Boulder, Colorado

Post by NoWorriesMom »

Sweet hut trip! We were in Steamboat for part of spring break and caught the blizzard too it was amazing. Nice to see a tr from a fellow coloradoan! Let's hope mother nature brings it on with this weekend's storm too!
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Off Topic Forum”