Silent Running

Our posts title comes to us

courtesy of the Mike & the Mechanics

song playing at the base area today as

G. Tewks and I wrapped up our quick

afternoon tour of the newly opened

sections near Lenawee at Arapahoe Basin.

Rapidly passing clouds reveal occasional blasts of sun.

Ski patrol tracks on West Wall over yonder.

Ol' Gene Tewks meandering...

...Down to this warning,

"Take er' easy there dude."

Finally, something different, bumpy, cruddy,

not groomed, enjoyed this.

...Number of visits this season.

Gonna try to make it back for at least

uno mas. X-mas hordes will soon invade

through New Years, keeping me away.

If we don't make it back next week,

ski ya next decade.

Going Through the Motions

I had to pick up the skis

that I dropped off nearly two weeks ago

for a tune. A Basin had reported 7.5"

over the last 72hrs. That .5'' really

makes a difference too. Today was one

of those riding for the sake of it days.

Mostly flat and windy, cold as well.

Ol' Gene Tewks and B.o.B., all business

The snow wasn't to bad, it's just getting REAL

deja vu like out there as nothing new is opening up.

I wanna ski some bumps n stuff.

The ski shop at the base did an awesome

edge and wax for just $10, It made a big diff.

Come back for more later as we hope

conditions will improve by years end.

Safety First at A-Basin!

The Shust and I came up to

The Basin on this Monday, to

check out the fancy new safety

measures now in place on "Exhibition

Lift", safety bar freshness...

Today is the last day o' November.

One month left in this dirty decade

...unbelievable.

No holds barred, but this bar's held...I said.

white winding way.

Andrew and Crisp rolled up after

a few runs, joined us fer some more.

Sunburst Sillouhette "68".

Ski Patrols' been packing the steeps

gotta get mo' gotta get mo sno!

Come back soon,

Hasta la vista...gravy.

Sunshine Day(Yep, just like the Brady Bunch song.)

Went to A-Basin today...too nice not to.

B.o.B. at wheel, me in the gun, Johnny on pics.

Coming down from Loveland Pass

to Arapahoe Basin.*photo by Johnny O

"Kickin' it" in the lot.*photo by Johnny O

Crisp, B.o.B., and the Tewker in back.

Me and Andrew, arm extended self shot.

"Cleek."

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.

Exhibition Lift, Patrol Hut, and "The Beach" Panorama

Dog Party and friends.*photo by B.o.B. enhanced by me.

(Andrew, Me, Johnny O, Crisp, and Gene)

...Send snow somebody...NOW! bye.

White Lines.

No illicit drug reference here,

just lots of lines in the freshly fallen

11" of snow accumulation.The past 3 days

here at Arapahoe Basin have been bountiful,

praise Ullr.

Zig-Zagged

Crosshatched.

Intertwined.

Just absolutely crazy-assed "S's"

DJ Crisp came along to lay down some tracks.

Dukie and the Disc.

Nice all week is the forecast,

so another visit this week is

highly likely.

Rocky Road.

It's still early season conditions

here at A-Basin, but as T-giving looms,

worry sets in...where's the snow?

Well forecasters say it's coming in

tonight through the weekend.

I sure hope it brings much fluffy stuff,

as the mountain looks a bit like

Rocky Road ice cream, a bit

chocolaty and chunky for skiing.

More Marshmallow!

From atop Norway chair.

this run needs to "ripen"

"The Beach"...still dirt, rocks, and slush.

The guns are ready, gotta be cold enough though.

B.O.B. say's...game on.

mmmm... tire slushy.

the day the music died???

Still only 3 regular runs open,

beautiful day to be out today.

Just waiting for more snow,

which = more runs open,

= more visits = more posts.

C'mon back good buddies.

18 & 4.0: The Christening

Welcome Back!

The Afternoon Ski Club's 4th

season got underway today,

this the 14th day of October

in the year of our lord 2009.

This may be my earliest start

yet,... season 18 for me.

Hooray, Happy, Joy!

Off to get our season ski passes. This season

at A-Basin w/ some Breck/Keystone days too.

"More cowbell!"

Best pass picture yet...

The lone "Exhibition Lift" accessing a

single run, and a lil' terrain park

AAAAYYY!!! Captain Vagabond/Mean Gene

gives this official thumbs up to begin the year.

Slightly thin on the coverage.

Our visits may be limited until the amount

of available terrain expands a bit. But I encourage

all to come back and visit occasionally to see

what we've been up to.

1stWulf

Coming Soon...Season 18.0

These diehards could'nt wait

to make some turns, so why wait?

St. Mary's Glacier near Alice

provides year round snow,

and year round turns.

Wer'e gonna be rockin A Basin

and others in the upcoming

season, our 4th Afternoon Ski Club,

and my 18th (holy crap).

Please track our zany

adventures all season long.

SkiWulf18.0

The Bulgarian Connection

Well , we're not done yet I guess,

and thankfully so because an awesome

day was had at A-Basin this cloudless and

warm afternoon thanks to the K Man.

The K man could'nt make it however

due to a bout with the brown bottle flu. 

Ethan aka "Swank" delivered the medallion that

 gave me free ski powers here at the Basin. 

We were joined by Ina who originates from Bulgaria 

but is American too. Sweet. 

Swank, Ina, n Me.

Mash Tater Mounds...Got Gravy?

Swank on "The Nose"

Soupy Pali.

Whooped remains after a run on Pali.

I'm not sure we're done 

so won'tcha please come on back again.

Thanks,

EnergizerWulf