Ski Trip in CO

For spring break, we headed to our usual place...Colorado. Last year, the weather was cold, lots of snow and we didn't see the sun too much. Shane loves this kind of weather as it is the best to ski in. This year, it got up into the 40's every day and the teens at night and was sunny every day. I love this kind of weather but it is not good for skiing.

We arrived in Colorado on Friday and drove up to the condo right away. Usually on our arrival day, we spend the entire day traveling (it is about 1 1/2 hours from airport to condo in good weather), grocery shopping, renting ski equipment, etc. The next day, Shane and Jacob headed straight to Keystone to ski. Shane says it took Jacob a couple of runs to get his ski legs back and then he was off...although he does tend to ski doing the "toilet seat squat" position...Shane is working with him to stop this and to start parallel skiing, which he was more or less doing by the end of the week.

On Sunday, my brother Randy, drove up from Denver to see us. We had lunch and then the boys went skiing (Remember I am still on restrictions from surgery so no skiing for me this year. I look forward to trying out ski blades next year). The plan was for the guys to night ski but when they got there they found out that Keystone was closing early that night so they only got to ski for about 2 hours. I was excited for Randy to see Jacob skiing. Jacob likes to ski in the trees, which reminds me of Randy when we were little.

Jacob at Keystone on the first day


Randy and Jacob going up ski lift at Keystone

Jacob taking a break in the snow

Shane and Jacob top of Arapahoe Basin

Shane and Jacob headed to A-Basin one day. A-Basin is a more difficult resort than Keystone. The runs go above the tree line and are wide open. Jacob loved it there (except he missed the tree runs). By the end of the week they were skiing all blues and blacks (and they want me to join them next year :o

Next post...some more pics from our trip.