Whats Soft White and 16 Inches? The best day of my life!

Even if I had a kid, Saturday would have been the best day f my life.

I woke up as usual on a day off, this last Saturday. I lay in bed for a little. Listened to the plows outside. Heard the dog stir. Nothing out of the ordinary.

I then had a knock at my door. When Matt took the dog out he discovered that there was over a foot of fresh snow. I immediately check my work email for the official Vail resorts snow report to find out that while Vail got 7 inches of snow, Beaver Creek got 16! That's right 16.

So I call the family who was in town and tell them I am no longer going to Vail with them. Beaver Creek is the place to be.

I scurry to get ready. Drive to the hill and get on the chair right after it opened.

Shub who was in town visiting and I, did laps on larkspur chair for about an hour and a half. In that time there was not a single wait for the chair. There was miles of untracked powder. There were face shots galore.

We pushed it hard, almost non stop for almost 2 hours until we moved to a different chair only to find more bottomless powder.

I was on my Tele Ski's in the morning which was phenomenal. Towards the afternoon I was unable to stand I pushed it so hard. We took a short break to rest the legs and I switched to my Alpine ski's. We skied the afternoon in some more beautiful powder until both of us needed food.

We had a beer and a burrito for lunch and could not find enough in us to get back on the hill. It didn't matter though, It was still an epic day.

It was the stuff that dreams are made of!

Welcome 2007, Good Riddens 2006

It is a new year, and hopefully a good and safe one for everyone. My 2006 wasnt all bad. Here are a few highlights from the good things last year.

I Graduated College.

I bought a house/apartment.

I got a supervisor position at Beaver Creek.

I Broke my back.


So thats kind of a short list but, well it wasnt the greatest year. Heres the list of the bad things.

I Graduated College.

I bought a house/apartment.

I broke my back.

Yeah so there are other things that happend in 2006. I had a great time finishing up school. I do have a lot of great memeories from this year that I wouldnt trade for anything in the world. I was part of 2 great weddings of 2 great friends. I consumed my fair share of tasty adult beverages, and in the process, met some adult women with whom I shared some deep intelectual conversation. Skied more days than I ever will again in a season, during one of the best seasons on record.

The biggest thing in 2006 was of course when I broke my back. I wont get into details. You all have heard about it, but I did want to thank everyone for the support while I was recovering.

I hope everyone has a happy and a heatlthy 2007.