Keystone - the last day

Our last day at Keystone was on Tuesday. We started on the main mountain, warming up on the big Schoolmarm, and then trying the excellent Mozart, followed by Paymaster. Conditions were good, and some of the group went on to try the steep Diamondback trail but I took Mozart again down to LaBonte's cabin where we met up and then did Prospector. Then we took Spillway down to the Outback area. At this point half the group stayed there while some of skied down to the second gondola and took that back to the main mountain, coming down Spring Dipper, Sante Fe, Jacque St James, and Missouri feeding into the big River Run apron.

From there I went to the SureFit boot fitters and had some work done on my new Tecnica boots, while Jesse had his skis sharpened and waxed, which had gotten scuffed on the thinly covered Santa Fe trail. Then we wandered around the pedestrian village looking at the shops, which had very little foot traffic, but lots of sales advertised. I sent a few postcards and bought the obligatory T shirt here.

Keystone was fun, and more challenging that any of us had expected. I recommend it but don't see the particular need to come back any time soon -- the last time I was here was 14 seasons ago. It's a worthy day trip for Breckenridge visitors. Later that evening we played the Verrater card game that Alex gave us many years ago. Its complicated (rules are in German!) but was fun. It's more like a board game than a traditional card game.