Nine

Holy moley! I haven't enjoyed

snow this good before Christmas

in quite a few seasons. Loveland,

or as it shall now be known as... The Luv.

Really though they sell sweet stickers

at the ski area that just say,"LUV". Awesome.

With 24" of fresh snow in the last 72 hours

here, I rated today an "8",... "10" being "epic".

We did.

Still dumping, we might come back again this week.

Check out the Schust's "ice helmet" on the left,

and Gene's "ice chinstrap".

The conditions were way too sweet to

stop for many pictures, with knee and even

thigh deep stashes to be found, and strange

Middle Eastern sounding catcalls emanating

from the lift chairs behind us, we were

sure that a "powder jihad" had been declared.

No time for dilley dalleying.

Eight

It's day 8,don't be late!

Actually tardiness may have

been excused today as forecasts

claimed sunny skies, but it was

overcast out and difficult to see.

The snow was alright, and Mean Gene

returned from Southeast Asia

and his Cambodian adventures

to make some turns with me at Loveland.

That's it for sun today.

Panorama of Chair 8 base I believe,

however I'm easily confused.

Another panorama,this of the tunnel

entrance under I-70 back to the base area.

The fowl winds of change blew cold today,

me hopes the change will be good.

Seven

Mainly just random pics from

today's visit to Loveland. The previous

couple of days were good to the area,

bringing in over a foot of new,

replenishing snow, The Schust and

myself, got off to a slow start,

but finished strong, as the peak topping

Chair 9 opened at 2pm for the first

time this season. We both found

knee deep stashes all afternoon.

Going up 9 for the season's 1st time.

See the winds blasting over the peak (top right)

Lots of micro slides as patrol prepares this face.

Rock House.

Contemplative Schuster.

Again the clouds were a show on their own.

Ba-Bye.

Six

Back to Loveland today

after an 8 day hiatus. Very

pleasant weather brought us here,

but the unexpectedly soft,fresh snow

kept us around for a while, that is until

the winter sun ended it's short day,

and ours as well, as it gets cold quickly .

Fresh tracks!

A single skier near Lift 8 top.

Bringing back the eighties.

I love the way that a crappy lens

makes those groovy starbursts.

Shust surveying the last stretch

of the days last run.

Conditions are improving weekly,

and more terrain is opening all the time,

I hope that continues, check back to find out.