Baked Copper.

Downright balmy it was today.

It was in the mid 40's at our arrival

today at Copper Mountain. the Shust and I

were the  guests of a certain Denver classic

rock radio station who hooked us up with

some freebies...HOORAY FREEBIES!

Always nostalgic about a visit to my 

favorite Summit County ski area, my 

excitement shriveled about 2 turns into 

the first run called Drainpipe. 

The sun and warmth do funny 

things to the snow and it's not very nice to

ski on, feels great riding on the chair though.

Understanding this we were resolved to

ski slopes that face to the north and they

were'nt to bad at all.

Wacky zany chairlift crazytime!

Union Peak and S Lift...north facing salvation.

Icy cruddy baked bumps of Reso.

Last run, old standard. 17 Glade.

...And in case you made it to the top of the

mountain and still don't know what all these

things that your'e wearing and carrying are...

a refresher diagram, pay attention this time!

Breck on Thursday maybe.C'mon back mon.

FReebieWulf

Good-bye Mean Gene, Hello Captain Vagabond.

Well it's just as the title implies,

it's the end of one era and the dawn

of a new one. A couple of inches of new

snow comforted the blow from a busy

weekend of nice weather, conditions that 

are less than kind to your base. It was

a very nice afternoon of skiing on Chair 1

 as we stuck mainly to the trees.

Digital grafitti.

Miss one of these turns, you eat tree... mmmm...tree.

Nice shreddin' bro!

Please visit the exciting travel site created by

Captain Vagabond, a wonderland of travel networking.

http://www.worldtravelblogs.com/

 HOORAYWulf!

Plunder For My Powder Hungry Ski's.

Oh man, another awesome one today.

M.G. & I got to Loveland at about1:00,

it was kinda cold and windy. Reports said

anywhere from 4-8 inches of new fresh powder.

It was pretty allright!

100% all SkiWulf tracks.

Gene turned me on to this whole new area, very nice.

fresh and steep.

Great tree skiing today.

We may have to come back tomorrow

as it seems we left quite a few freshies behind.

S.W.

Bargain Day

Another "Hooky Day" promotion

courtesy of 95.7 "The Party" means

$10 for a lift pass, an incredible bargain

with an awesome day like today.

Chris and Chris came over from the Summit.

Mean Gene and I met up in lot with 'em.

B.O.B. met us after his dentist visit,

(don't forget to floss). The highlight of 

the day was mucho powder runs off

of Lift 8. It was a bit windy but sunny

and nearly balmy 31 degrees(Too bad Josh).

Unidentified nutty chick,B.O.B.,Crisp, M.G., and Chris from left.

B.O.B. n' M.G.

Tree marshmallow.

Chris waiitng for B.O.B. to recover his ski.

I think this blog will feature mainly pics, 

from this point on ,as it take's

 waayyy to long to upload tiny files,

and we're improving video quality.

Check out this link to our new

improved video from today's

 adventure!We hope you'll enjoy.

Go ski soon!

RedFacedWulf

"Well Blow Me Down"

The wind was outta control today,

it seemed like at least a 

category 2 hurricane early on, 

yet it was clear and sunny, 

at least on the Front Range.

In the mountains the winds were slightly

more subdued, and there was just a bit 

of new snow. "Dust on crust" is the name

of this commonly known phenomenon.

Combined with the bluster and flat light,

this was not the finest day to be on the

mountain, but still alright, all-right.

General lack of color and contrast was the prevailing theme today.

A recently opened chute on the boundary,

note the "meat-sled" on the right... "just in case."

Not sure of the name of this peticular run,

but today I'd call it "Ski Grater" or "Yikes!"

or maybe, "Shit! How Did I Get Here?"

Actually, with some more snow, I'll look forward

to checking this out again, as it is pretty steep,

just like we like it. Think snowy thoughts.

We could use a few feet here at Loveland,

and mountains everywhere.

S.W.

Boundary to Boundary

It's early February in the

Colorado Rocky Mountains.

It's not supposed to be 42 degrees

here at Loveland, and 62 in Denver...

is it?

Well it was, and what a day. 

Sunny with unlimited visibility.

With no new snow to track down,

I decided to start left/south at

Chair 1 working over to the right/

north side to Chair 8. I discovered

some new runs while exploring, and 

had a great afternoon skiing solo with

only a shit camera and my tunes.

A half an ass and Sas.

Doctored but neat.

View from an unexplored nook.

Afternoon Moon.

A girl tree? Tranny maybe?

Ra.

I have been unable to upload any

video on the last few posts...

WTF Google? I don't know, just don't know.

SunbakedWulf.

Tuesday Surprise

I was'nt really planning on getting

out today, but B.O.B. called and it

seemed like a good idea.

Sunny and clear.

It was a good afternoon.

S.W.

Rocked Out Horror Ski Picture Show.

First and foremost...

Congratulations to the NFL

Champion Pittsburgh Steelers!

Our man The Shust, with the help of

his local bank secured a couple of

medallions that allow skiing at any

Summit County ski area for Mean Gene and I.

 Since it was such a nice day we decided on 

Arapahoe Basin because of their

latest expansion that opened 

last year. Montezuma Bowl increased

the size of the Basin considerably.

Its a big wide open, nearly treeless 

southern exposed bowl, much like Vails

back bowls, or Copper Bowl @ Copper.

It was lil' sunbaked and coverage a bit thin. 

I nailed quite a few lil' granite beauties,

hence the title of todays post.

Tremendous view facing southwest.(8 panel panorama)

An unknown skier leaps onto Pali face.

The Shust (front) and the Yeti Slayer (behind).

The new Zuma quad and beyond.

Weird momentary stance.

A  second panorama with Keystone and Breckenridge in the distance.

Shuuuusssst.

Buffalo Mountain.

Jeen.

Tearin' it up.

Some pretty nice steeps, bumps, and chutes, and rocks too.

Goin back to Pali, Pali, Pali, I don't think so.

Headed to the Alleys.

Heeeerres Geneeee.

A shot of Breckenridges windy Imperial Peak at sundown.

Big thanks again to the Shust for

making today happen, and check out 

the Legend some afternoon!

6Wulf!