Leftovers

Mean Gene the Shrimp Cake King and I made

it to Copper a day removed from a sick

powder day that I heard all about from

those fortunate enough to partake. However

there was plenty of snow leftover and a bright

blue sky above to light the way.

First run today not too shabby, muy freshies.An unretouched image contributed by M.G. the S.C.K.

The sky was really that blue.
Another Mean Gene masterpiece.
Triple Zero to Rezo.
Nice shorts guy.
....What?
Super sweet turns laid out just below,
man this was an awesome run.

Mean Gene tears up some fresh.

Can you see when he tweaks his knee

right at the end of the clip, ouch, he'll live.

Many more posts forthcoming.

SnonerWulf

Power Hour.

Today I was solo for an afternoon

quickie at Copper Mountain. A late

arrival(after 2:00) kept me close to

the Super Bee-atch lift, allowing me to

rip off 4 solid runs with anywhere from

2 to 5 inches of fresh powder on most

of them. I can't give away exactly which

runs they where, thats a secret,

as in secret stash.

No groomers here.
My own afternoon chute in the trees.
Solitary Glades.
I don't see no rocks, nor did I hit any.

It's just about spring skiing time,

we should be getting out alot more

so please keep checking back.

a road trip is nearing too I sense.

PowerWulf.

Breaking Eagle Wind.

Coming to you nearly live from Winter Park/

Mary Jane. Mean Gene and I explored some

new lifts and the terrain they service today

and enjoyed it while not being crushed by

the Janes bumps as we only did one run

on the frontside to complete the day, spending

the rest of the time out back. M.G. contributed

video and pics to todays post... thanks Glen.

Atop M.J.'s new Panaramic Lift

I did'nt know eagles farted.

This lift actually opened last season, but I had'nt

made it here until today, it's great...just great.

View from the top overlooking the Fraser Valley to the north.
A look behind reveals the liftop junctions at Mary Jane.
M.G. surveys the unfamiliar terrain. mmmmmm... finger.
One day, we may get to ski this too, but not yet(legally).A lone snow fence.
A lone SkiWulf.

Mean Gene takes his line, and owns it.

Here I go, with sound even. weeee.

More to come.

WulfWind

Good Day Sunshine

I can't express how nice it was to ski

under beautiful blue skies with mild temperatures,

it's been snowing and cold for much of the season,

which is great, but a sunny day is welcome.

I had my tunes with me today at Copper.

For some reason the music sounded just

a little better today.

Holiday(Presidents Day)weekend crowds had

the cues overflowing even at the top lifts.

One of my favorite spots is inundated with Gomers.

Upper Enchanted Forest: open for business.

Overlooking Enchanted Forest, and across to west Copper.

From atop Union Peak looking over Sierra Lift.
the I-70 corridor, and the Gore Range off
in the distance.

A short hike to the top of Union and my last run.
Indeed, rock on!
Freshies on skiers left of Union Peak.
Kiteboarding along Lake Dillon, anonymous rider.

Friday afternoons drive home down the Interstate

blew as usual, I like to call it the douchebag derby.

For anyone reading this who believes that humankind

is inherently good at heart, you should come take

a drive around here sometime, you may change

your opinion. Despite the idiots, even they could'nt

ruin a quality day such as this.

RedFacedWulf

Al-X, Sweet T, n' Me

Hey we're back again, today at Copper.

Al-X's biggest fan Sweet T was pleased

to join us today. As I understand it,

this was like a dream come true for her

to finally get to roll in the A.S.C.

Al-X n' Sweet T on the Super B.
Sweet T rippin' some fresh.
Lil' help?
A common scene in the high country this winter.

Al-X down the middle of I-Dropper

and me racing down the sideline.

As long as there are more afternoons,

we shall be back, I hope you'll come back too.

BiteMeWulf

Glade White Way.

I was clinging to the bumps

like a whelp clinging to the teet

of Mary Jane herself as the snow

and wind had visibility down to

a few hundered feet or so. The

A.S.C. approached M.J. just

after 1:30 simultaneously with

an afternoon storm, forcing M.G.

and me into the trees, which were

pretty sweet, as plenty of snow

has now covered most forest hazards.

Here it goes again.
we discovered this in the middle

of the woods, it's probably where the

snow depths are measured, or possibly

an alien communicatons outpost?

gnarlie.

Mean Gene knows how to close a place.

Here's M.G. again pursuing an elusive

Yeti, the clip is obviously sideways as

apparently only horizontal clips are accepted,

I'll remember that when shooting future

clips, I swear.

SkiWhelp

Aspen Highlanders.

With over 3600 ft. of vertical

gain(from the bottom to the top)

Aspen Highlands features very

longgg steep and treed bump runs,

this place will work you over good.

Conditions were light snow with temps

in the mid-twenties and low visability

but the snow was great, and thats all

that really matters.

Not if there's no sun out.As in life. Aspen Highlands new Temerity Lift.

The American Heritage Dictionary defines

temerity as: a foolhardy disregard of danger,

this is an aptly named lift.Big... wide... steep... long.Lotsa fresh snow was left behind

from a previous days dumping.

More bumps on other side

of the mountain. These areas don't seem to get

very crowded, plenty o' turns for all.

This is the second of a 2 part

posting from our Aspen ski/road

trip check out the previous post too.

More action to come.

HighlanderWulf

Aspen Extreme!

The Shust and I made what began

as a road/ski trip and ended as a

terrifying death drive strait out of

"When Highways Attack!"

Thanks to the Shust's Uncle Don

we got the hook-up to ski 4 free

Wednesday at Aspen Mountain, and

Thursday at Aspen Highlands while

stayin' 45 mi. up the road in affordable

Glenwood Springs at the very

very asylum-like Hotel Colorado.

At over 100 years old it once

accomodated President Teddy

Roosevelt, and now... the Afternoon

Ski Club was in the hizzy. Our ride home

turned into quite a harrowing ordeal.

An accident closed the interstate,

sticking us in deadlock traffic for

over 2 hours until we could detour

onto a cold, windy, stormy abyss

of a highway. Freight-train like jet stream

winds created whiteout"ground blizzards."

that made the road and everything on

and around it dissappear into nothing,

and did I mention that it was nightime?

The final 2 1/2 hours of the drive

scared the shit out of me. We finally

squeaked through over 6 1/2 hours later

to drop the Shust off at his car.

I was'nt even home yet but I chose to

stick around and give the Shust a

ride up to Breck as his car was half

buried in a snow drift when we got

back to it that night. All major local

highways eventually closed stranding

myself and countless others

until Friday afternoon when the

interstate reopened, returning me

home at last.

Aspen's new gondola's

Instant classic footage I like to call

"The Shust vs. The Tree."

The brutal aftermath.


It was blustery and flat mostly...mostly.
Some crazy steep trees,bumps and cliffs.That's right, cliffs.
I just skied down that.

Through town back to the ride,

check out all of that snow. This is

becoming an epic season at most

ski areas thanks to above average

snow amounts.

RoaringForkWulf