Snowy weekend

The lifts aren't running here yet (Wednesday!) but the skiing away from the lifts is really good! I got out on a couple of different ski outings this weekend.

First was some Nordic at a nearby area called Mill Creek with my wife on Saturday. Tons of new snow with 2+ Ft. on the ground. It was warm so that new snow was sticky making xc more of a plod, but it was still fun and really beautiful!

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Then yesterday I went on a nice tour up Mt. Emmons with a buddy to ski a couple of different aspects. First we skied Red Lady Glades to get warmed up. Great snow!

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Saw some fast friends on the skin track. They lapped us! (that's Mt. Crested Butte in the background on the left)
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Mt. CB from Mt. Emmons - it opens Wednesday!
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With the snow looking nice and stable we headed back up for lap in Red Lady Bowl with is a lot more exposed and a bigger run. It was fantastic!
The light went a bit flat from time to time but was generally good enough for skiing and photos.
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Fun day! Legs are tired today!
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Happy to see some ski photos here - even if I can't partake myself, yet :)

The fifth photo, looking across at Crested Butte, it really nice. I like how you framed the mountain between the two trees. And that band of cloud floating in the middle is the frosting on the cake for me.

Nice shots!