A's Ski Blog 2009/2010 Season - Days 34-35 (Arapahoe Basin)

Alex Salem — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:21:49 +0100

Day 34 - Saturday 3.6.10 - Arapaho Basin: After a long wait and a reservation made last summer A's 2009/2010 ABasin beach party was officially underway! The invites went out...people bailed, people showed - grief was given for the early March date and let me be the first to type - it was an amazing day! The sun represented, the keg flowed (with some pressure issues I have to say), the grill was fired up all day long with burgers and brats, and my friends and thier friends and countless oth...

A's Ski Blog 2009/2010 Season - Days 32-33 (Lake Tahoe / Squaw Valley)

Alex Salem — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:53:24 +0100

Day 32 - Tuesday 3.2.10 - Squaw Valley: I arrived in Lake Tahoe / Squaw Valley the night before ready for an great trip and I had no idea how epic it was going to turn out to be! The fellas were there a day before me and had just finished a Sierra Nevada blue bird day of skiing - they were already at happy hour at the Resort at Squaw Valley on the back deck basking in the Sierra Nevada glory!

A's Ski Blog 2009/2010 Season - Days 29-31 (Keystone & A Basin x 2)

Alex Salem — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:26:19 +0100

Day 29 - Friday 2.19.10 - Keystone: I played hooky today with Rory and we headed up to Keystone for some fun skiing! Had lots of good turns and some great lunch up at the Outpost. Snow in the Outback was good and the company was great! We both had freshly tuned gear and at first the alpine skis were a little unstable but after three or four runs they leveled out and we got our groove on. After skiing we headed over to the Dillon Damn Brewery in Dillon for an apres ski snack and then on t...

A's Ski Blog 2009/2010 Season - Days 25-28 (Keystone/Loveland x3)

Alex Salem — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:46:04 +0100

Day 25 - Saturday 2.6.10 - Keystone: Funderburk, Parker, Greg the intern (I honestly don't remember his name), and I made a day trip from Denver - started at my place in Wash Park to Keystone. We enjoyed our dose of I70 traffic and took it like men, creeping along at mach speed, everyone counting the mile markers until we made the Dillon exit (for various reasons). Got to Keystone and the angles were shining upon us - with a truck filled with f...

A'S SKI BLOG 2009/2010 SEASON - Days 18-24 (Summit County)

Alex Salem — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:17:45 +0100

I've been busy - too much skiing (not really) and not enough typing! The most recent updates - here we go!

details to come - just getting the days down

Day 18 - Sunday 1.16.10 - Loveland: Leisurely day with Austin.

Day 19 - Saturday 1.23.10 - Breckenridge: Boys from Austin, TX in town.

Day 20 - Sunday 1.24.10 - Vail: Boys from Austin, TX in town - Vail powder day!

Day 21 - Wednesday 1.27.10 - Brec...

Big Mountain Battle Comes to Taos

Southwest Freeride — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:45:48 +0100

Taos is getting set to first stop on Helly Hansen’s popular Big Mountain Battle series. The Taos race will take place Feb. 6, before the tour continues at various stops around the country. This is the first year Taos Ski Valley will be included in the celebrated event.

T...

A's Ski Blog - 2009/2010 Season - Day 17 (Keystone)

Alex Salem — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:06:34 +0100

Day 17 - Thursday 1.14.10 - Keystone: I made a hookey from work day trip with Rory to Keystone to have a "double day!" We started with our tele gear and I worked on my tele turn for the morning (no music in the helmet...focus dude) - slide here, link here, poles here, slide here, make a "C" here, link again here, tele turn too soon here, just right there - I'll get it soon! OMG but I am committed 100% for sure - I'll get it down and will be gracefully linking tele ...

A's Ski Blog - 2009/2010 Season - Days 14, 15, 16 (Breck base camp + Vail)

Alex Salem — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:24:45 +0100

Pitts and I headed up to Breck for a long weekend for hitting the snow and working on our turns and having epic apres times...here we go!

Day 14 - Friday 1.8.10 - Breckenridge: Pitts and I started the day around 11 or so and linked up with Rory (a bit more than my gal pal) and her GF and started straight up Peak 9 going for whatever powder stashes we could - it was a lot of flying fast and just enjoying the bluebird day! We separated from the gals (Rory's friend...

A's Ski Blog - 2009/2010 Season - Day 13 (Loveland)

Alex Salem — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:17:45 +0100

Day 13 - Sunday 1.3.10 - Loveland Valley: Austin and I had a leisurely drive up I-70 for a few hours of skiing at the Valley. We had a great time on the "football field" as I affectionally call it - about 300 yards wide and 200 yards long...nothing excting for anyone other than a four year old but we did have a good time! He is getting better and better and I even got him to make a run without the "tip ties" - go big little guy. A hand full of runs (5 or so) and t...

Snow, finally

jon pitts — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:14:45 +0100

Finally got on some decent snow this Saturday at Keystone. Conditions didn't suck, not much ice at all but some rock between bumps and off-trail.

Skied on demo Salomon Lords, 177cm. I liked them a lot. First time off thin skis. they held speed pretty well (i like to go fast) were good in the bumps, and made it laughably easy (by comparison) to ski switch. So I guess I'll be buying a pair all i need now is money. and a ski rack.

The ride home was horrendous I'm not sure if it was a...

A's Ski Blog - 2009/2010 Season - Days 11 and 12 (Taos, NM)

Alex Salem — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:00:08 +0100

I hoped in the truck and headed south on I-25 past Colorado Springs and Pueblo, turned off in Wallensburg, CO and headed straight for Taos to meet up with David, Kent, and Henley. Kent graciously put us up at his place - Thanks Kent!

I arrived in Taos on 12.28.09 and linked up with Kent...we met up at Martini Tree and hung out until David met up with us at Tim's Stray Dog Cantina - Good times!

We had a great time skiing and frequented some great watering hole...

Back Yard Ski Report

Southwest Freeride — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:37:47 +0100

Woke up to 3ish inches of freshies here in the foothills. Time to decide where to go - Sandia or Santa Fe....

A's Ski Blog - 2009/2010 Season - First 10 days (Early season in Summit County)

Alex Salem — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:25:54 +0100

I thought I'd start a blog to keep track of the 2009/2010 ski season - nothing overly exciting but so many different experiences that if I don't jot them down they will be lost to the recesses of my puny brain. Some is skiing with my crew and new people, some is skiing with my son, and some is about the fun of mountain life. Without further adieu - the truck is all geared up and we are ready to roll!

Custom Boot Warmer

Southwest Freeride — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:41:02 +0100

I am a regular reader of lifehacker.com and other hip tech sites where cool kids hack and mod everything from game controllers (Ben Heck is my hero) to toilet seats. Well, I figured I would see if I can come up with something related to skiing. It's a feeble attempt, so take it easy on me - so simple in fact, it requires no instructions or further explanation. It does however wo...

iPhone App Review: Ski Reports

Southwest Freeride — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:56:06 +0100

It's that time of year. You're getting twitchy, anxious, and generally restless. Expectations are high. No, not from the in-laws coming to town for the holidays. Your local ski hills are opening up and with each new storm creeping ever closer to that 100% trails and lifts status. What better way to annoy your family while eating breakfast, or your co-workers during that ...

Wolf Creek Review

Southwest Freeride — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:19:12 +0100

We recently packed up the truck and headed to Wolf Creek for an early season powder extravaganza. It's been almost 15 years since my last visit. Memory has faded a bit with age, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Come to think of it, it was a full-circle, coming home kinda experience. I was just learning to ski and living in Dallas at the time of my first trip to the Wolf.&...

Southwest Resorts Get Mega Dump!

Admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:10:47 +0100

I just grabbed this screen shot from my handy North Face iPhone app. Looks like it's going to be a phenomenal early season weekend at Wolf Creek this weekend.

Send it, grab it, stomp it...

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