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 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 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 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 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 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 43 - Arapahoe Basin

Out 9:00 to 10:45 no break; 1" new snow overnight - clouds up and down, snow on and off with temps in the twenties and little to no wind this morning; 8 runs; 8,450 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; very few people; left when I went in and there were no bathrooms open - okay my right foot was killing me too; Pali and Beavers, but no Montezuma.

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Day 42 - Winter Park

Out 9:00 to 12:45 with lunch at Lunch Rock; snow on the drive in with flurries all day and temps in the twenties; 16 runs; 18,551 vertical; skied the Volkl Kendos; this morning's dust on crust covered all the crap - no snow here either; lots of people, but no lift lines.

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Day 41 - Eldora

Out 9:00 to 12:45 with a quick coffee break; this morning's cloud inversion morphed into a light snow by the time I left - temps around 30° with no wind; 17 runs; 21,069 vertical; skied the Volkl Kendos; some firm groomers and a little crunchy styrofoam; very light crowd; some nice snowmaking trails off the Corona lift - Corona, Wolf Tougue, Alpenhorn, and Mule Shoe; zero snow on the ground from just below the east side of the tunnel on I-70 and up CO-119 all the way to Nederland.

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Day 39 - Copper

Out 8:30 to 12:30 with a lunch break at Duke's in Center Village; sunny with temps quickly rising above freezing with no wind; 8 runs; 11,783 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; firm groomers; pretty big crowd for a Thursday; skied with Marc Brumbaugh and friends today; we ran NASTAR - 26 hcp - gold; right boot is a problem again :( .

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Day 32 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with lunch in the Aerie; sunny and warm with temp in the thirties and little to no wind; 20 runs; 33,567 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers; lots of people;

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Day 28 - Arapahoe Basin

Out 9:00 to 1:45 with lunch in the bar; sunny and very windy with temps rising into the thirties; 26 runs; 24,936 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the Blizzard Bonafides; nice groomers; pretty big crowd, but never a lift line; lots of fast skiing this morning with new friend Bob.

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Day 27 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with breaks for coffee and lunch; mostly sunny skies with temps rising to somewhere around freezing and a wind that built all day; 24 runs; 35,155 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; pretty big crowd; got on the first chair this morning and about half way up realized I was riding with Jim and Wendy Neal from Elk - we skied all day.

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Day 26 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with lunch in the Aerie; overcast with temps in the twenties and some wind; 21 runs; 29,886 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; fairly soft groomers; lots of people, but enough open to run and hide; Vein Glory off Woodward was really good and the chair was empty.

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Day 24 - Copper

Out 10:15 to 3:00 with lunch at JJ's; 5" overnight - snow all day with temps in the teens and some wind; 16 runs; 27,298 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides again; powder and packed powder; plenty of people, but plenty of space with all the new terrain openings; Timberline opened today with Windsong skiing great; World Cup tear down well along, so it shouldn't be too much longer till all that terrain opens.

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Day 23 - Arapahoe Basin

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with lunch in the bar; sunny, cold (9°) and windy ; 28 runs; 23,688 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; great snow; slow to start, but the crowd was building when I left; shin pain gone today - I don't know.

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Day 22 - Copper

Out from 9:00 to 1:30 with lunch in the Aerie Lodge; a couple inches overnight - on and off snow all day, but no real accumulation - temps in the teens; 15 runs; 26,551 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; soft, flat groomer off Flyer early - plenty of firm snow off Eagle later; left shin still a problem.

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Day 21 - Arapahoe Basin

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with breaks for both coffee and lunch; overcast with flurries, temps in the teens and a little wind; 23 runs; 23,779 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; the snow and grooming was pretty good; not too many people; used a Sidas gel pad on my left shin today - still had some shin pain above the top of the boot; white on white inside the cloud up top this morning - they marked the Z (path) out to the trail from the lift with green hazard poles; had a little trouble dealing with all the terrain variations when I couldn't distinguish between the air and the snow; the dense fog lifted by 11:00.

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