Today we were up before 7:00 a.m., had breakfast (a cinnamon-raisin bagel with cream cheese, strawberry-banana yogurt, lemon-herb potato cubes, milk), and were skiing at Snowmass, an Aspen resort, by 8:50. It was another clear, sunshine-filled day, although we did have some stronger wind gusts toward the top of the mountain, flat light late in the afternoon, and grass, rocks, and dirt on many trails due to early season conditions. Temperatures ranged from the low teens to the mid-30s -- overall, another very pleasant day. We rode a six-pack three times and a poma that took us to 12,510 feet twice. We cruised many blues and blacks, and aside from the previously-mentioned bare spots, they were nice. I especially enjoyed our almost-non-stop run from the top of the mountain all the way to the base, over 4,000 vertical feet of elevation change that covered moguls, groomed runs, and nearly-flat traverses.
Lunch was a veggie burger, shared fries and popcorn with the rest of my family, and a huckleberry shake at Ullrhof's. We skied until about 3:45 (so quiet and peaceful), loaded up, and headed to the town of Aspen to visit and enjoy supper with some friends at Bangkok Happy Bowl Thai Bistro. I had a chicken-broccoli-rice stir-fry in peanut sauce and lots of water. Even though it's wintertime and cold, it's so easy to get dehydrated in the dry, crisp mountain air! Now we're at our hotel (same one we stayed in last night), ready for bed and a nice final day of skiing tomorrow.
I left my camera at the hotel, so no photos today.
~Anna
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