Day 65 - Copper

Out 9:15 to 11:45 with no break; sunny and warm with temps rising into the forties; 13 runs; 19,289 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; firm groomers; big crowd; very tired so I quit early.

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Day 64 - Arapahoe Basin

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the 6th Ally Bar and Grille; sunny and warm with a little wind and temps rising toward sixty; 29 runs; 29,587 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; ever softening groomers and other stuff; not much of a crowd; Ramrod was soft, smooth, carvy perfection; did 3 Grizzly Road/Radical/Ramrod off Pali after lunch; ended with Pali Main Street.

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Day 63 - Vail

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with lunch at Mid-Vail; sunny and warm with a little wind and temps rising toward fifty; 25 runs; 33,912 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; frozen groomers early to slush later; big crowd, but I ran and hid effectively; Bawana off Pride Express was good.

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Day 62 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 2:15 with lunch at JJ's; sunny, warm and windy with temps rising near forty; 14 runs; 29,704 vertical; skied the 2025 Atomic Redster GS RS's and the Blizzard Bonafides; dreamy groomers early and various soft stuff later; huge crowd right from the start; Andy's/Oh No/Rosie's and Collage were groomed and dreamy; did 3 Formidable and 1 Triple Treat off Alpine after lunch then left when I couldn't get to the back side because the Excelerator and Woodward lines were too big.

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Day 61 - Beaver Creek

Out 8:45 to 4:00 with lunch at the Broken Arrow Restaurant; light snow to start, but otherwise overcast with temps rising into the twenties and thankfully only a little wind; 29 runs; 48,781 vertical; skied the 2025 Atomic Redster G9 RS's; firm groomers; pretty big crowd, but I found a new hiding spot - the Arrow Bahn Express; Cresta off said Arrow Bahn Express is a new favorite.

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Day 60 - Keystone

Out 1:00 to 4:15 without a break; 3" overnight - sunny, cold and very windy this afternoon with temps only in the teens; 12 runs; 20,274 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; exceptionally firm groomers and a little styrofoam; not too many people - never a liftline anywhere; rode the Bergman's Bowl chair for the first time - skied Ptarmagan; very very windy - Gondola and Outback closed - uphill wind everywhere; tons of ICE on the bottom pitches of all the black groomers - Starfire, Mozart, Diamond Back;

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Day 59 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with lunch at JJ's; sunny and cool with a whistling wind and temps rising into the thirties; 13 runs; 24,576 vertical; skied the 2025 Atomic Redster G9 RS Revoschocks; groomers; big crowd - left when linftines got too big; Ptarmigan/Bouncer early was pure joy; I miss having a parking pass - changing skis at lunch and running away from the frontside, afternoon crowds wasn't an option; witnessed a triple shotski at JJ's.

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Day 58 - Crested Butte

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with lunch mid-mountain at Oley's Cabin; cool and sunny with a little wind and temps in the thirties; 27 runs; 37,057 vertical; skied the Volkl M5 Mantras; firm groomers; not really crowded at all; the views here are incredible; Upper Keystone/International was spectacular; still absolutely love these skis.

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Day 57 - Monarch

Well that didn't work as planned - no snow in the forecast when I scheduled Monarch/Crested Butte, then I woke up having to drive thru 4" of suprise snow overnight at home only to find Monarch without any new snow and basically on wind hold; only out for the first hour; sunny and very windy today with temps around freezing; 4 runs; 3,223 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; groomers; pretty big crowd; wind hold on all but one lift - left when the line got huge; more snow and better cover here on the ground than anywhere I've been so far this season.

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Day 56 - Vail

out 8:30 to 1:45 with a coffee break at Mid-Vail; sunny and windy with temps in the thirties; 21 runs; 30,985 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; carvy groomers that softened nicely in the sun; lots of people, but I ran and hide from all the liftlines; love these skis; fantastic groomers everywhere - Born Free, Bwana, Avanti, Pickeroon, Gandy Dancer and Roger's Run.

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Day 55 - Steamboat

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with lunch in the Rendezvous Lodge; sunny and warm with a little wind and temps rising into the forties; 17 runs; 29,791 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; firm groomers with some chuncks to start, softer snow later and lower; lots of people and a few liftlines; first time here since the new gondola; all groomers except 3 O'Clock and Sundown Liftline; Bar-UE, Pony Express and Morningside all closed.

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Day 54 - Breckenridge

Out 8:30 to 12:45 with lunch in the Vista Haus; 3" overnight with an addition 3"+ this morning - snowing hard with temps around twenty and very little wind; 13 runs; 16,908 vertical; skied the K2 Mindbender 108 Ti's; powder with some scrapy spots underneath, but overall excellent snow and tons of fun; lots of people, but no lift lines except the one time on 6 Chair; love Breck - got to the Colorado Super Chair at 8:25 and it was already loading; the first couple were sublime; Mineshaft and Callie's Ally were fun later; no Imperial.

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Day 53 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a long lunch at JJ's; sunny with a tiny bit of wind up top and temps in the thirties; 19 runs; 37,499 vertical; skied the 2025 Atomic Redster G9 RS Revoshocks; groomers; good crowd, but no liftlines;

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Day 52 - Breckenridge

Out 10:30 to 1:30 without a break after dropping Bob at his airport shuttle; temps well into the forties with brilliant sunshine and very little wind; 13 runs; 14,791 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; firm groomers on 7, styrofoam up on Imperial, corn off 6 Chair and various crap off E Chair; crowded shuttle in from the parking lot, but never really a crowd anywhere else I went; No Name, Amen and Hombre off 6 Chair were very good; the steep stuff off E Chair was crap snow, but a lot of fun none the less; did Windows for the first time ever - missed the 'open slot' and ended up wallowing around in the soft snow and tight trees.

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Day 51 - Arapahoe Basin

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with coffee in the Black Mountain Lodge; 2" overnight; today some sun, some clouds, some snow and some wind with temps in the twenties; 12 runs, 12,467 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; some soft groomers to start with the new snow and some firm styrofoam later; Wilson and Stielhang were good; Bob Day 6.

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Day 50 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with coffee and lunch in the Aerie; mostly sunny and warm with a little wind and temps rising into the low forties; 15 runs; 22,966 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; more carvy groomers; light crowd; Bob Day 5.

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Day 49 - Keystone

Out 1:00 to 4:15 without a break; 2" overnight - today, a little sun, a little wind, a few clouds and a few flurries; 11 runs; 22,554 vertical; carvy groomers - last night's snow melded into the existing snowpack beautifully; sikied the Blizzard Bonafides; virtually no liftlines this afternoon - plenty of people on the hill, but not lines; Bob Day 4.

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