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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:

Skiing in with gear and food for three days:

Ready for a powder day:

Skinning up:

Tree line:

Morning powder:

Waist deep in the trees:

Blizzard:

WTF? (Keeping it real - ski shop in Dillon, CO)

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

You are a hardy soul! Great pics. Made me shiver, though.

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

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

Cheers, RickG

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

Nice trip report Chet. Glad you had good snow.

Wow...all I can is my DH is gonna enjoy this report. (he's sleeping now!) Dream vacation for a skiier! Thanks!

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

Linne

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!