Archive for the 'Snowboarding' Category
Ouray & Telluride
Day 1: Early, Early Birds The crew left for Ouray on Friday, Jan. 31. Aaron, Sean, and John took the early flight out of SD and boy was it early. Their flight was at a god awful 6:15 AM which means they had to wake up around 3:30 or 4:00?!!! Aye Carumba! The rest of [...]
Mammoth
In terms of snow, 2003 was not shaping up to be a very good year. By mid-January, Powder Mountain had a base of only 53″ or so, and other big resorts like Whistler/Blackcomb, Jackson Hole, and Big Sky didn’t have much more. Strangely enough, the California resorts were actually faring quite well with Mammoth having [...]
Ouray and Telluride
This ended up being one of the most extreme adventures to date, though certainly not by choice. “Look, Nachos!” was the battle cry. Ice axes not only chipped into ice and clung onto rocks, but also smashed into faces. Snowboards were used for bobsledding and skeleton racing. One of us even tried to use a [...]
Banff, Canada
Banff has been on Judy’s list of target destinations that she really wants to visit. Not only was it supposed to be beautiful, but with such dry snow, the skiing and boarding should be really good. We decided to check it out this season. Our group consisted of Patty, Dave, Bob, Trish, Ken, Amy, Brian, [...]
Powder Mountain
Aaron, Kate, Patty, Dave, Bob, Ryan, Kelly, Preston, Judy, and myself spent 3 days skiing and boarding at Powder Mountain, Utah. Aaron and Kate actually drove there from San Jose and were able to get in 4 days. They stayed at Aaron’s sister’s house in Ogden while the rest of us stayed in a condo [...]
Powder Mountain
Pics from our trip to Powder Mountain.
Winter Park
Pics from our trip to Winter Park, Colorado.
