Sunday at Nonnys

Flying monkey baby, escaping from our home, a UN No Fly zone.

Upon landing, she was kissed by the dog/pope, which caused howling

Later they patched things up, while her sister decided to throw the Sunday papers all over the family room.

Powder Day at Northstar

I got a mid week ski day in with some old college friends, Mark and Mike, pictured above.

Tahoe has gotten another 7-8 ft of snow in the last week, so conditions were superb.

I even got lucky with the drive, and only had to put chains on the car for one part of the drive through Emigrant Gap.

We got 19k of vertical in, skiing fast, blasting through powder on top of groomed.

Twins = Lots of Diapers

So shiny!

A bushel of babies

Of course, they tipped the basket over about 1 second after I took the picture, which led to lots of yelling and howling.

Last day at Vail

As I often say, with sadness in our hearts, and plenty of lactic acid in the legs, we enjoyed our last day in Colorado. More pix on the photo above.

Despite all the sniping this mountain gets, it's hard to think of a more consistent place for a group with the blend of terrain, snow, size, and all around fun that Vail offers.

Powdery Beaver Creek

Lots of fresh snow today, with more pix on the link above.

Here's a map of where we went.

Bubbly at beaver creek

Still at Vail, but starting out at Lionshead

On my own today as J. went into town, more pix on the link above

First part of my day, via MyTracks


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Second part of my day, coming down into GoldenPeak

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Here are my stats from the day

Created by My Tracks on Android.

Total Distance: 57.58 km (35.8 mi)
Total Time: 4:15:14
Moving Time: 3:00:00
Average Speed: 13.54 km/h (8.4 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 19.19 km/h (11.9 mi/h)
Max Speed: 47.70 km/h (29.6 mi/h)
Min Elevation: 2461 m (8073 ft)
Max Elevation: 3413 m (11196 ft)
Elevation Gain: 5172 m (16969 ft)
Max Grade: 60 %
Min Grade: -33 %
Recorded: Wed Mar 02 09:45:20 PST 2011
Activity type: skiing

The view from Christmas trail

On top of eagles nest

Enjoying a $4.85 coffee....grrrr

Trying out our newly fitted boots at Vail

Our Vermont bootfitter moved out to Vail, so we saw him and got some fresh adjustments.

Click on the pic above for more pix.

At PHQ

Taking a short break from skiing