Tuesday Feb 12, 2019


Today was one of the top 5 days so far. The temps started in the single digits but quickly rose into the low 20s by 10am. We again went to Copper Mtn and had a great skiing day. There were very few people on the trails except for 2 Ski clubs that had about 10 people skiing together. The only downside to today was that the snow was slick. No power to be found and many patches of ice. What little snow has fallen has been blown away with the wind. One of other improvements has been the installation of a gondola on the American Eagle lift. Every 5th chair is the gondola and they have separate entries for the lift. After skiing for almost 3 hours, we called it a day. In the evening we went to the Dam to meet some friends from Wales. They are B&B owners and come every year to enjoy the snow. The weather report keeps changing and now calls for high winds in excess of 40 MPH and gusts over 80 MPH. In addition there may be 6 inches of snow. This combination will cause blizzard conditions and we may take a day of rest. They haven’t been right lately with the forecasts.




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