Five

Here we were returning to

Loveland just before Thanksgiving.

Today, Tuesday, I had my nephew

Elias and his bud Connor returning

to the Afternoon Ski Club ranks, visiting

from their home mountain, Wolf Creek.

Connor and Elias excited to check it out.

Elias disappears into the light...

...Actually just faux snow.

'Twas mucho windy again today.

Connor working the choppy snow.

Elias heelside.

The upper crust graced us with their presence.

Mega blustery.

Celebrating after a minor tumble.

Connor carve.

Elias goes toeside.

Migratory birds high above.

The boys take a bump break.

A snow devil twists its way across the peak.

Kicking it in the non-solar powered lift base.

We had a great day skiing/riding

in the the sun and snow until

we were finally escorted out by

the ski patrol as the last group at Chair 8.

After a crowded, overpriced

experience at Breck yesterday, I think we all

dug the secluded sparsely occupied terrain,

and old school vibe here. And we gave thanks.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Four

"Huffin' & puffin'"

was the wind today.

Thursday afternoon at Loveland

was incredibly windy at first,

but M.G.,Mr.Schuss, n' me found

things pretty sheltered on Chair 1.

So Chair 1 was where we stayed.

With over 2 feet of new snow

since Monday, many new runs

were now open for business,

and we were buyin'.

Super gusts blast the peaks.

One major and one minor(upper left)avalanche slide.

Gene and Mark at the top.

Schust shussing.

The jet stream was wicked today, making for some

crazy cloud formations, and these

"mother of pearl" looking clouds kept popping up.

Really some good soft snow today.

Hope to be back , pre- Thanksgiving

with some guests, so please do sneek-a-peek,

next week.

Three

It was already 60 degrees in

the city when we embarked at

just a nick past 11 am today. Kinda

warm for November it seems.

Not quite as warm up at Loveland,

but not exactly cold either. A big douchebag

cloud blocked our rays, thereby,

interrupting our shockra, and ultimately

"F"ing up our chi, so we kept it brief.

Now the pictorial evidence.

Gusty on the Divide.

Patrol Shack-a-lacka-boom.

Glen chatting up the lady folk.

"Broexist".

Broexisting.

Local rumblings have up to

a foot of snow coming tomorrow,

golly I hope they are right.

Go Stillers, bye now.

Two

The Schuuuuust and me made

the hour long commute up the way

for some glorious sun runs at the Loveland

this Wednesday afternoon. More trails and

another lift have opened since last week.

A bit of snow over the last weekend helped

protect against the weekend crowds chewing

up the base, but many early season rocks

and dirt spots were becoming visible nonetheless.

No major damage was inflicted so no harm done,

And it was another wonderful day to behold.

Timely as always...

At first glance it looks like a skiing stormtrooper.

Sunny day grin.

Chair 2 top.

Starburst.

As always, the pics usually get more

interesting as the season progresses,

I hope you will look back to see.

SW