Colorado
I came back on wednesday morning from Colorado. It's been a fantastic way to spend 4 days. Richard's family invited me to stay with them in Winter Park. I'm really lucky.
I rented some really good twin tip skis made in Colorado: Liberty SB170
My impressions about skiing in Colorado:
- Very good quality snow
- Hard to breathe on the first day because it is so high in altitude
- Great weather most of the time (some really strong winds on the first day, though)
- Trees everywhere, even in high altitude (until 11.500 feet)
- sick terrain park and half pipe. This is really high quality stuff for experienced freestylers.
- People can ski very well. You see very few unexperienced skiers. After all, they need to make a long trip from the densely populated areas to reach the slopes.
- The vistas are not as impressive as in the Alps: the mountains are rather round.
A few things I had never experienced while skiing in the Alps:
- Eating a burger at 3000m. That's unheard of in Europe!
- Tree skiing on a "regular" run. No need to go off piste, the gladed terrain is where to look for good snow, fun turns between the trees, and some rather technical steep slopes. We didn't have a chance to experience the double diamond runs, but I
m sure they must be scary! Next time maybe?
I just had time to publish the pictures on my Picasa album before my laptop died. That's the second laptop failure in a year! These things are really unreliable!
As usual, click on the picture below
I rented some really good twin tip skis made in Colorado: Liberty SB170
My impressions about skiing in Colorado:
- Very good quality snow
- Hard to breathe on the first day because it is so high in altitude
- Great weather most of the time (some really strong winds on the first day, though)
- Trees everywhere, even in high altitude (until 11.500 feet)
- sick terrain park and half pipe. This is really high quality stuff for experienced freestylers.
- People can ski very well. You see very few unexperienced skiers. After all, they need to make a long trip from the densely populated areas to reach the slopes.
- The vistas are not as impressive as in the Alps: the mountains are rather round.
A few things I had never experienced while skiing in the Alps:
- Eating a burger at 3000m. That's unheard of in Europe!
- Tree skiing on a "regular" run. No need to go off piste, the gladed terrain is where to look for good snow, fun turns between the trees, and some rather technical steep slopes. We didn't have a chance to experience the double diamond runs, but I
m sure they must be scary! Next time maybe?
I just had time to publish the pictures on my Picasa album before my laptop died. That's the second laptop failure in a year! These things are really unreliable!
As usual, click on the picture below
posted by Jn at
6:15 PM
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3 Comments:
The mountains are rounded in some parts of Colorado. Next time you visit come to Buena Vista. It is a beautiful mountain town just south of Vail. The mountain scape here is majestic with fourteeners stretching the length of the valley. Ski resorts in the area (drive 50min or less) are Cooper, Breckenridge, Vail, Aspen and Monarch.
Check out RockyMountainTrail.com they have a great selection of Ski Jackets and other great items. Ski Jackets
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Anonymous, at 2/12/2007 10:39 AM
quel était le nom exact de la station? En France hiver exceptionnel par le manque de neige , de nombreuses petites station ferment sans avoir vraiment tourné!
Hier pluie dans les Alpes jusqu'à 1800 mètres...
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Anonymous, at 2/12/2007 5:28 PM
Winter Park!
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Jn, at 2/12/2007 8:28 PM
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